[and for a moment-- just one moment, just one second in the hundreds of thousands of millions of trillions they've both lived so far-- they're a part of something together]
[they're not just coworkers. they're not just two people trying to do what they've been tasked to do. they're the last two of their group left, they're the only two who understand how terrifying that thought is, and they're the only two in this room who know what it's like to want to be loved when no one in the world does]
[in a rare moment of understanding, in a rare moment of feeling like he actually belongs, in a rare moment of long-wanted camaraderie, he takes her hand]
no subject
[they're not just coworkers. they're not just two people trying to do what they've been tasked to do. they're the last two of their group left, they're the only two who understand how terrifying that thought is, and they're the only two in this room who know what it's like to want to be loved when no one in the world does]
[in a rare moment of understanding, in a rare moment of feeling like he actually belongs, in a rare moment of long-wanted camaraderie, he takes her hand]
[and squeezes it gently]