[ you're trying your best, dad. it's more than he's every had from most people, because there's never been the same kind of connection.
he breathes out on a low, slightly watery noise, doing his best to swallow down any emotional outburst on how nice it is to just be collapsed against his mother like this and the realization that it's real. he's not dreaming and he really is here, with both his parents and it's just.
everything.
he sets his face against his mother's shoulder before he reluctantly pulls away a little, though not enough to avoid her touch because that's not something he's ready to lose just yet. so he tries to mumble out some semblance of a start, but he's not sure how to, to be honest. would anyone? ]
... it's a mess. The past few months. And it involves Xiaoshu, Jiujiu... Wei Wuxian... and everyone. I'm not even part of it, really. Or I wasn't, until I probably... [ he swallows. ] I probably got in the way.
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he breathes out on a low, slightly watery noise, doing his best to swallow down any emotional outburst on how nice it is to just be collapsed against his mother like this and the realization that it's real. he's not dreaming and he really is here, with both his parents and it's just.
everything.
he sets his face against his mother's shoulder before he reluctantly pulls away a little, though not enough to avoid her touch because that's not something he's ready to lose just yet. so he tries to mumble out some semblance of a start, but he's not sure how to, to be honest. would anyone? ]
... it's a mess. The past few months. And it involves Xiaoshu, Jiujiu... Wei Wuxian... and everyone. I'm not even part of it, really. Or I wasn't, until I probably... [ he swallows. ] I probably got in the way.