She wasn't too far away now and Crix could sense her through the Force.
Hans had stayed on the ship, telling him her room number and ringing ahead to make sure the staff didn't give him any issues but otherwise letting him do it on his own. Crix appreciated it for a number of reasons but one of the reasons was that it meant no one was there to see him as he stood at the end of the corridor, just staring directly ahead at the door he knew was hers. As soon as Hans had told him that she was awake he wanted to be here and even the anger and betrayal he had felt over Talak's inaction didn't change the fact that he had been all-but bursting at the seams to see his mom again.
But now that he was here, now that he could actually connect to her in the Force? He stopped where he stood in the corridor and just let it wash over him, allowed himself a moment to feel his mom's presence in the Force. Just like everyone else when he felt their unique presence in the Force, Crix felt a memory bubbling to the surface.
... he had said something funny and she'd actually laughed out loud, something she rarely did, as she hugged him... her coat was cold from having recently arrived home but she was warm and he couldn't put his finger on it but her scent was warm and comforting... she was Home to him...
That was it wasn't it?
He had approached the door during the memory without even meaning to and he reached out for it with a his shaking right hand. This wasn't just walking through a door and seeing his mom again, this was coming back Home. For as long as he could remember it had only been the two of them and they had been everything to each other; rock, confidant and Home. Home wasn't a bombed out flat on Coruscant or a spartan room covered in a myriad of droid parts on Yavin IV.
Home was right through the door.
Crix knocked on the door twice before opening it, taking a single step inside first. He... he wanted to see if she would recognize him before he threw himself in, before he let himself get overwhelmed with the fact that she was back. The idea was to hang at the doorway and see if she recognized him on her own, to see how extensive the memory issues were.
At least that had been the plan until he opened the door and he caught sight of her. Damn his lack of control and damn the way his voice cracked ever so slightly as he spoke.
"Mom...?"
@Sreeya