 dont wanna hinder plot stuff so i give permission to stun/magic/pull him away if nec. Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
The entire room, everything around him, it all felt like chaos. The fact that things were calming down slightly with professors appearing and intervening didn't seem to register with Abey's brain at all; everything still felt chaotic and loud and frantic and his heart was still going like fury in his chest and he still kept crying and shaking in fear and panic and worry and not even trying to get himself under control because this was Junia.
Nothing else mattered, really. Not even the repeated order for everyone to take their seats, not the adults or the other students talking around him. Even when the headmistress spoke directly to him Abey still didn't turn from Junia or move away from her.
Stubbon and distraught, Abey fervently shook his head 'no'. Other than that, he didn't speak, didn't look, hardly moved. The only concession he made was to loosen his grip on Junia's sleeve and let go of her arm, the part about them needing to get to Junia with no interference sort of registering in his head. He wouldn't touch her, okay, there, that was space, it was space, it was space, it was space. But he wouldn't leave, he wouldn't LEAVE. If he left her, if he took his eyes off of her, then she'd DIE, he knew it, he was certain of it.
Next moment, Professor Kennedy's words reached Abey's ears and rage and panic and total despair hit him and the whole entire world collapsed in on him and his chest caved in under the weight of everything and any part of him that could still think straight seemed to shatter into a million pieces. Nobody could keep them safe here, nobody could do that, nobody had ever done that, he had nearly died here once and now Junia was going to actually die and everyone had let it happen and he was making it worse by not leaving her but she would actually definitely die if he left her and the world was ending and crashing down around his ears and everyone was pretending like it wasn't. Letting go of Derf, Abey made himself as small as he could there on the floor, and reached his hands up to his head, clutching his hair tightly and rocking gently back and forth in the attitude of a distressed house elf.
"I'm. N-not. Leaving. H-her. I'm-n-not-to-uching-her, I'mnothurtingher-p-p-pleasejustfixher!" With that, Abey stopped talking and just wept, but kept his fingers wound tightly in his hair and away from Junia, but his eyes still fixed on her. He wouldn't touch her, he'd stay away from her, but he was not going anywhere and he was not taking his eyes off of her, not if he could help it. They didn't know. They just didn't know.
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