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[Isaac says he already ran into Boyd... but maybe Boyd is just overwhelmed.]

alright. i'm almost home. just swing by whenever you're ready.

Will do. We'll see you then.

[Erica arrives at the house a few minutes after that last message. It's odd to think that they'll all be together finally. She paces as she waits for them to show up.]

[Cora and Boyd arrive about ten minutes later. They stop on the porch and Cora tips her head towards the door, as though to say "go ahead." This is their reunion. She's actually just going to sit out here and let them have it.]

[Erica glances to Boyd and smiles. She never thought she'd see him here and knowing what she knows, she's just glad that he's there. That maybe, just for a bit, they can all be together.

She'll move toward him and just hug him.]

[Overwhelmed is a good word for life in Asgard so far. He has been going through the motions since he caught up with Isaac and Cora. It'd been easy to act like nothing happened. They wouldn't talk about it unless he wanted them too. Why would he ever want to do that? It's easier to go along with the charade and follow Cora's lead until it led him here. The only thing he really wanted since the moment he discovered the dead could live here through his own example was to just please let Erica be one of them like he was and he got one better. She never died at all.

It doesn't feel real when he looks at her and she smiles at him. All he can do is stand there and be stunned despite hearing over and over again she was alive. Boyd doesn't think he deserves this when he couldn't save her back in the vault. He certainly doesn't deserve the hug. He returns it eagerly even as something cracks inside him finally. He chokes out a sob and for the first time really questions if any of this is real at all. They can't really be warm, alive, and human again. They died at the hands of Alphas. They shouldn't be able to do anything, but lie silently in the ground.

Knowing that just makes him cling to her tighter and cry silently. Apologies will come soon enough. He's felt so guilty for simply living all this time while she was gone to say nothing of lacking the strength to do anything the night she died. He has to apologize for all of it.]

[She's been in Asgard for longer than she's known Boyd, but it doesn't matter. He's pack. He's one of her best friends and he is here now. That's all that matters. When he hugs her back, she just holds onto him. She feels that sudden break in him, the way his body tries to stay up despite the soft crying that runs through him. Her hand runs down his back, rubbing lightly. Her head turns, resting to his chest as she just lets him stay there.]

It's fine, Boyd. I'm okay. You're okay. You can stay with us. Isaac doesn't even snore.

It's not okay. [Boyd struggles to keep his voice even as he shakes his head. He has to make that clear even if the thought of having to worry about something as simple as whether or not Isaac snored is hilarious. He wishes they had problems like that. He wishes he could just accept they're both okay and move in here like nothing ever happened, but he can't. Not with her.]

I should have been stronger. Smarter. I let you down.

[Erica shakes her head, but doesn't pull away from him. She just holds onto him. It's hard to think of it, to think that he could blame himself for what happens to her when she doesn't even really know. She saw it. This place showed her something, but she didn't live through it and a small part of her wonders if she can just hold onto these memories if she can fix it. No matter who shows up, she keeps trying to believe that it could change. She could go back and whatever had happened would be erased. A shockwave through Beacon Hills like in the movies and everything is just fixed.]

You didn't let me down. I pushed to leave, I should've listened to Derek, I should've waited for Isaac. Any of it could've gone differently, but it didn't and I don't blame you, Boyd. I'd never blame you.

[The thought had crept into Boyd's head in a different fashion. He imagines a world where Erica lives, but hasn't gotten around to thinking further than her going on with her life and getting everything rightfully owed to her. Perhaps if he did, he might see one where he survives too. He might have more hope.

Instead, Boyd keeps spilling out all the things he kept bottled up all this time, letting out a sigh of frustration as he does so.]

I blame me. You're my friend. [He wants to protest further; offer up "should have" scenarios, but it's a waste of breath. Erica gets the picture by now. Boyd hadn't forgiven himself for the way things played out. He doesn't even know how to stop being angry at himself even with Erica in his arms absolving him of any wrong doing. The rub is a part of him knows it was out of their control from the start. His grief refuses to let him see this objectively.]

[Erica just hugs him tighter, her arms keeping him close as she argues against him.]

You're still my friend, Boyd. I don't blame anyone but the alpha pack.

[He nods and releases a shaky breath. Erica doesn't lie to him. Despite what happened to them, they're still good. Boyd should feel free, shouldn't he? The guilt and pain that he's been carrying with him should be gone. Absolution doesn't come so easily. He's left latching onto anger, replying low and soft.] I hope they get what's coming to them.

They do.

[She's been stepping back, letting them have their moment, but they deserve to know. She would want to know, if she were in there shoes.]

When I left home, they were all dead except for Deucalion, and the darach was heading to him next.

[She didn't ask Scott or Derek how that went down, but given what was left of the twins and Kali, her hopes are not high for Deucalion's survival.]

[Erica nods, looking to Cora.]

Is it wrong for me to say that is a good thing?

[Boyd shoots Cora a grateful look before taking one of his hands off Erica to wipe his face. That is genuinely a relief. He looks back to Erica and shakes his head.] It means they can't kill anyone else. [So it's a good thing for him.]

[Cora nods in agreement. Some of them had gotten a little sympathy for the twins, but they killed Boyd, so Cora can't really say she shares their sentiment.]

They can't hurt anyone anymore. Granted, I hope the darach gets what's coming to her in the end too, but right now, Deucalion is the bigger problem.

[The woman manipulated her brother and gave her mistletoe poisoning. She holds a grudge.]

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