[Teleios] test drive

[selfishorbrave]

She stands on top of the temple roof and gazes over the rest of the city. The building itself is not very tall; three stories pales in comparison to other heights she's found herself at. But on top of the hill, the view is good enough to see her new location and scout out places of interest. She knows that's not what prompted the climb though. That had been because of restlessness. Because if she sits still too long, the memories start to creep in.

Her mother being shot.

Killing Will.

Her father's body lying among countless others. Tris having no choice but to leave it there.

It's bad enough that the memories come to her at night. It's bad enough that she keeps them all from Tobias. She hasn't been able to figure out what to say to him yet. Her last memories of home had been winding up among the factionless. Caleb's still back there. He's the only family she has left and it makes her think that she needs to fight harder to leave Teleios. But she hasn't. Doesn't.

Going back means seeing them. Possibly seeing Christina if she survived the simulation. Being thrust in the middle of a war again. She's Dauntless. She should be braver than this. She has to be. Someone needs to do something back home. Someone needs to go to Candor and make them and the Dauntless currently staying there see reason about the Erudite plans and convince them to help. To fight.

But here, she doesn't even have to look at a gun. Instead, she gets to stand on the edge of a building and look down at a factionless world where people seem to know, regardless, where they belong.

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[unstiff]

It doesn't take long to find Tris. Sure, she's well hidden but Four knows her. He knows that she goes up high when she wants to think, when she wants to be alone and he should probably respect her desire to be alone, but since when does Four know how to actually boyfriend? Since never is the correct answer here, so he grits his teeth, climbs the stairs and steps out onto the roof. It's not so high but for someone afraid of heights, it's high enough. He shows his fear in little ways: back straightening, shoulders squaring, brows knitting into a concerned sort of scowl (because scowl is his default).

He approaches Tris from behind, moving up to touch the small of her back. "Decide to save climbing the tower for another day?" he says in greeting, fingertips resting ever so slightly at her back.