[ The contact does surprise them, but they don't react, other than a slight relaxing of their shoulders. All they want for now it to run away from everything this revelation had thrown into question, to hide behind him and have him and his kindness towards them be enough. It's selfish, maybe, but it's also survival, too - the stability from him really is like a lifeline, in the moment, one they won't let slip through their fingers, even if they can't yet tell the full effects of their change.
Right now, it's enough to know there's even one person who won't write them off, who doesn't want to see them hurt. It's enough to know at the very least that to him, they're not better off completely gone or as a substitute. ]
...Okay. [ They agree, albeit with some shame, their heart heavy with unspoken memories from winters past. He doesn't know the full weight making that kind of promise has, to them, but they make it anyway. ] I won't.
[ Only because they had to this time - that's what they want to believe, that there won't be any more reasons to do so in the future. For the time being, they seem unwilling to release their grip on him, despite their hesitance before. They were wrong to long to avoid him after seeing what they had - they should have ran to him. They can't be alone right now. ]
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Right now, it's enough to know there's even one person who won't write them off, who doesn't want to see them hurt. It's enough to know at the very least that to him, they're not better off completely gone or as a substitute. ]
...Okay. [ They agree, albeit with some shame, their heart heavy with unspoken memories from winters past. He doesn't know the full weight making that kind of promise has, to them, but they make it anyway. ] I won't.
[ Only because they had to this time - that's what they want to believe, that there won't be any more reasons to do so in the future. For the time being, they seem unwilling to release their grip on him, despite their hesitance before. They were wrong to long to avoid him after seeing what they had - they should have ran to him. They can't be alone right now. ]