day five, america and england

[asapplepie]

[He's still wiping tears away when he leads England back to his cabin to talk. He's glad to talk to England, even if England won't like what he might have to say, because this way they can protect more people.

His room has gotten messy again, though he's spent most of his nights pacing in the dark rather than managing to actually sleep. But he locks the door behind them.]

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[tsunneverset]

[He gives America a small smile in return, even though he feels sick inside. It's just one more sin on his already blackened soul; if it's to bring everyone back, to give America that happy ending he so desperately wants, he'll do whatever it takes. He's already far too deep into this to hold back now anyway.]

I'm going to do whatever I can to get us all out of here safely, okay? You shouldn't trust me on anything else, but trust me on that.

[asapplepie]

Haha...

[England's being a little weird, with all this focus on not trusting him, but it's hard to tell what England thinks and he doesn't really want to dwell on it.]

Well, I don't trust you not to be a douchebag! But I guess I trust you on important stuff.

[tsunneverset]

[Once again, England finds him in the familiar position of despairing over what an idiot America is, which is at least better than the more unfamiliar but getting depressingly far less rare despairing over what a terrible person he is.]

And I don't trust you not to be an idiot, but I'll trust that you'll be on my side every step of the way. We're going to win this game, we're going to rescue Poland's people, and then I'm going to rip that mask off Critter's face, rip all its stinking teeth out one by one, then set every single stupid fucking trophy head on fire, shove them down its throat, and make it swallow. And after that, I'll start getting creative.

[asapplepie]

[He whistles.]

Jesus. But you're right, Critter pissed off the wrong people.

By the way...no matter what happens...I promised Bruce Wayne I'd protect his kid. And I'm not gonna break that promise, okay?

[tsunneverset]

I haven't even started. Everyone else will have to get in line.

That's fine. I'm not going to let Luke Triton, Clara Oswald, or Peggy Carter die either. We all have promises we can't break here. [The promise for everyone to live, the promise to get everyone out safely...that's the one he needs to keep.]

[asapplepie]

[He nods.]

Well...don't worry, because I'm going to get us out of here for sure.