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Jezabel Black · 01-30-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

Just when he thought it couldn't be any worse, she told him about her kids. The ones she already had. That they had lost a sister. His eyes screwed shut with the sudden pain of it, with the grief he felt for them, resonating from his own past.

And then she did the thing he should have done. He felt arms around him, trying to comfort. Wasn't he supposed to be the one comforting? Whichever way it was supposed to work, whichever way it was working, he didn't hesitate in returning the hug tightly. It took every ounce of effort not to cry, and he tried to focus his attention instead on rubbing her back. "I'm sorry, Lights. I'm so sorry."

On any other occasion, her joke would have brought a smile to his lips. This time it didn't, it couldn't.

Well, Lights was frankly surprised the big guy was keeping in the tears. He kind of looked like the waterworks might burst at any second. Not that she minded - she was used to those situations.

"Shh, I know you are," soothed Lights, rocking him gently to try and relay comfort. Sabel was surprisingly good at the back-rubbing thing, as it turned out. She looked up at him. Since she was only 160cm, he seemed to tower over her from this perspective, but she tried to ignore that. "Hey," she said quietly. "Are you okay?" She gave him the All-Knowing Eye look. "I've done my confessional on the past. What about you?" She had an inkling Sabel knew what losing someone, a close family member, was like. How else could he be so sensitive about that topic?

01-30-2012, 11:14 AM	#41 (permalink)
Jezabel Black Puffskein Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Australia - GMT +10 Posts: 2,075 Hogwarts RPG Name: Adelaide Kettle First Year	Don't Cross the Book \| who turned out the \| Lights Lennox Quote: Originally Posted by Tazenhani Just when he thought it couldn't be any worse, she told him about her kids. The ones she already had. That they had lost a sister. His eyes screwed shut with the sudden pain of it, with the grief he felt for them, resonating from his own past. And then she did the thing he should have done. He felt arms around him, trying to comfort. Wasn't he supposed to be the one comforting? Whichever way it was supposed to work, whichever way it was working, he didn't hesitate in returning the hug tightly. It took every ounce of effort not to cry, and he tried to focus his attention instead on rubbing her back. "I'm sorry, Lights. I'm so sorry." On any other occasion, her joke would have brought a smile to his lips. This time it didn't, it couldn't. Well, Lights was frankly surprised the big guy was keeping in the tears. He kind of looked like the waterworks might burst at any second. Not that she minded - she was used to those situations. "Shh, I know you are," soothed Lights, rocking him gently to try and relay comfort. Sabel was surprisingly good at the back-rubbing thing, as it turned out. She looked up at him. Since she was only 160cm, he seemed to tower over her from this perspective, but she tried to ignore that. "Hey," she said quietly. "Are you okay?" She gave him the All-Knowing Eye look. "I've done my confessional on the past. What about you?" She had an inkling Sabel knew what losing someone, a close family member, was like. How else could he be so sensitive about that topic? __________________ ... PERCEPTIVE ... ALOOF ... PHILOSOPHICAL ...