Oh, Peter ... ' [that does it, that wasn't nearly enough hug for him now that he's crying. Norman goes in for another one and just ... holds him, this time.]
It will be. We all care about each other too much for it not to.
[he keeps his voice soft, soothing, as he reaches up and strokes his hair, the way he did when they were in that comfortable pile, the last good memory before it all fell apart. maybe he's trying to pull that forward into the present, to keep it alive. maybe he's reaffirming that it never actually died, even though both of them did.]
You let out as much of that as you need to. It's okay.
[as he says it, some little lock inside him clicks open. a piece of green armor falls away and corrodes into dust]
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22/6/22 03:51 (UTC)'
[that does it, that wasn't nearly enough hug for him now that he's crying. Norman goes in for another one and just ... holds him, this time.]
It will be. We all care about each other too much for it not to.
[he keeps his voice soft, soothing, as he reaches up and strokes his hair, the way he did when they were in that comfortable pile, the last good memory before it all fell apart. maybe he's trying to pull that forward into the present, to keep it alive. maybe he's reaffirming that it never actually died, even though both of them did.]
You let out as much of that as you need to. It's okay.
[as he says it, some little lock inside him clicks open. a piece of green armor falls away and corrodes into dust]