[ He'd think she was human, honestly, that it's fine to not have to hold your emotions back because that's never good. He just knows that he doesn't want to have to miss the contact for too long now, that she's warm and this. This is home. For all the talks he's had with people, it isn't his apartment he returned to, it's here in her arms and that's okay. ]
Don't-- [ He starts to say, but then she's pulling away. His head peeks up, but his eyes are already wet, struggling to hold back his own tears as his jaw tenses, eyes flickering up as he pushes himself to keep steady. His hand reaches up to cover hers. ] You don't need to apologise.
[ It wasn't her fault, in the end. She might have had that view, but if she'd been one of them who had fallen before he did, he wouldn't have let himself wake up. Simple as.
Though he doesn't say that, obviously. Instead, he just gives her a tiny nod as his fingers twist to curl with hers, refusing to part their hands. ]
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Don't-- [ He starts to say, but then she's pulling away. His head peeks up, but his eyes are already wet, struggling to hold back his own tears as his jaw tenses, eyes flickering up as he pushes himself to keep steady. His hand reaches up to cover hers. ] You don't need to apologise.
[ It wasn't her fault, in the end. She might have had that view, but if she'd been one of them who had fallen before he did, he wouldn't have let himself wake up. Simple as.
Though he doesn't say that, obviously. Instead, he just gives her a tiny nod as his fingers twist to curl with hers, refusing to part their hands. ]