[ JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS IS WEIRD. He keeps waiting for the catalyst, for the reason she's surely going to give him to flip out, and then.... Nothing happens. Just more understanding, more patience. More kindness. It doesn't make sense, lady.
Well, he was scared you'd find his reasons wanting, or wouldn't understand, or, worse, would have had your own experiences that had been to greater scale in breach or scope and look here you were being okay with it so he just needed to get over himself. He's just never going to be able to get over the fact that a man he thought of as almost more a father than the one he was assigned actually made a device specifically designed to take his heart out without even having to touch him. It even burned a perfect circular hole in his shirt. No muss, no fuss. Who plans their betrayal so specifically? Understanding comes at length.
And it doesn't take very long before he does finally come back up out of it enough to see her own shift in expression, subtle though it is. It helps him rise to the normal that much faster, looking to join her back up on the superficial surface level of things. Moving, finally, and he lets a low sound out of his chest because finally, jesus, thank you. ]
i do not. so i am the big spoon! \o/
Well, he was scared you'd find his reasons wanting, or wouldn't understand, or, worse, would have had your own experiences that had been to greater scale in breach or scope and look here you were being okay with it so he just needed to get over himself. He's just never going to be able to get over the fact that a man he thought of as almost more a father than the one he was assigned actually made a device specifically designed to take his heart out without even having to touch him. It even burned a perfect circular hole in his shirt. No muss, no fuss. Who plans their betrayal so specifically? Understanding comes at length.
And it doesn't take very long before he does finally come back up out of it enough to see her own shift in expression, subtle though it is. It helps him rise to the normal that much faster, looking to join her back up on the superficial surface level of things. Moving, finally, and he lets a low sound out of his chest because finally, jesus, thank you. ]