I Looked Up And Time Slowed Down As I Saw Him Standing There.

I looked up and time slowed down as I saw him standing there.

His tall body looked skinnier than the last time I saw him, he looked like he was about to fall over from either relief or exhaustion. His head was still balled and the scar on the side of his head looked all healed up. He eyes had deep dark circles underneath his eyes. He was wearing dark grey clothes and they looked worn. He had small holes in his shirt and the cuff of his pants were torn but at least he was wearing shoes. He looked so vulnerable and so small.

I dropped whatever I was holding and ran to him, my brother Crosshair. The last time I had seen him was on Kamino. All the anger and frustration I have built up for him over the past couple of months, melted away as I tackled him with the biggest embrace I ever gave, tightening my grip to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.

My vision blurred from the tears building up in my eyes. He was here, this is him. I closed my eyes and buried my head in his shoulder.

For a second I thought Crosshair would have pulled away from my hug, like he usually would after a few seconds, but instead I felt two arms wrapping around my back. I felt his grip tightening as well, like he couldn’t believe he was here.

I could tell he was forcing himself to breathe from the way he shuddered.

I wanted to ask him where he was, what he was doing and why he looked like he’d just come from a living nightmare but all I could say was, “You’re home…. don’t worry, you’re safe. You’re safe now.”