it only takes one spark

― Stephen King , The Dark Tower

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With You I'm Born Again - A Clexa Fic

A new planet brings new enemies, but help is just around the corner. "I told you I'll always be with you."

A The 100 / FTWD / TWD crossover, following two long lost lovers - together with their friends and foes - in their search for freedom.

Day 116: Lexa | Alicia The coast feels different from the ghost towns we've passed and the forests we've crawled through. It's exposed. Open. There's no brushwood to hide in, no trees to blend into; just rocks, sand, and water that could swallow you whole. The ocean is louder than I remember from back home, or even from our stay at Oceanside, with big waves crashing into the rocky shore, sending cold spray into the air that mists my face. The salt stings my skin, while a strong wind tugs at my hair.

Behind me, Octavia adjusts her pack. I can hear the leather strap creak as she tightens it. Clarke and Raven stand a few steps back, arguing softly over the quickest route to the next cove and whether the storm building out there will hit us before morning. They bicker like sisters, but it's comfortable, familiar.

My boots scrape over uneven stone as I inch closer to the cliff's edge, scanning the horizon. The Atlantic really feels endless here, with water and sky stretching so far it almost tricks me into thinking the world is still normal. Almost.

Raven keeps muttering about the map, something about how the coordinates better not be off, but as I'm too focused on the water, I only catch every third word. That's when I feel Clarke's hand slipping into mine.

"Gray," she sighs, her gaze following mine, "Nothing but gray. God, I hate that color."

I squeeze her hand, just once, as a silent reminder. I'm here, you're here, we're both still here.

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Exhausted to the bones, but I made it to another (temporarily) finish line. No more shitty cases for 17 days. To everyone at work I happily say: see you later &