#ingrid vc : stay where i can SEE you🫵

[huningan]

"i'm not just going to sit here and let bad things happen."

@harperhydra / ?

explicit instructions had been laid: helena is on reserve, and only if she thinks it's absolutely required is ingrid meant to utilize her. reflected in her glasses is tracked agent, in her ears is the ambient tension that comes with a mission — across from her is the aforementioned backup. they all have their parts to play ; each one of them a vital organ, if one gets out of rhythm with the rest, well — it has a tendency to become a mess, doesn't it? and she's usually left behind to explain. not this time. but they have a way of being difficult to make see the bigger picture. ingrid sighs in preparation before raising her eyes enough to look at helena over the edge of her glasses but still catch if anything goes awry on screen.

TOO MUCH TIME WITH LEON, she thinks, but she says instead in that tone of hers she usually carries when dealing with either of the two of them: ❛ you're welcome to stand, agent harper. ❜ and she means that, genuinely. stand, walk, but — ❛ just stay nearby, ❜ with an apologetic smile. she's just doing her job. duty aside, she does know: understands the feeling of wishing you could do more. however, from where ingrid is sitting, helena is doing plenty as is. just being in the wings is enough for peace of mind. whether or not she can get that across before bleeding heart of the DSO beats way through and out of the building . . . ❛ in case something goes wrong and we NEED YOU. alright? ❜