[Whatever resolve he had left splinters and then cracks. The tears come, and they're followed by shaky sobs that he can't even try to stifle completely. He'll feel embarrassed about it later, probably, because he doesn't like to show his flaws and weaknesses where anyone can see, but right now, he can't stop it.
He hates this place because it's done so much damage to him and the people he loves, but it gave him a second chance with Erik and now with Raven, something he'd never thought was possible back home, and he's confused and angry and grateful all at once.
She didn't hate him. She didn't think he'd only tried to hurt her, that even now, he wanted her to be something that she wasn't, and he projects that he loves her, even when she's angry and confused, that it's alright to be both of those things. Anger is just another emotion, and it's perfectly fine to feel it in response to injustice, or fear or hurt. He just doesn't want her to let it destroy her, but he'll always, always love her, and he wants to make sure she knows that.
Erik might be the other half of his soul, and they might both have a larger sense of the word "family" than they did before they met him and the others, but Raven was still his sister, the person he'd grown up with and cherished and been frustrated by and fiercely loved. That was a bond that would always be special and unique and utterly irreplaceable, and he wants nothing more than to find some middle ground again. He missed her.]
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He hates this place because it's done so much damage to him and the people he loves, but it gave him a second chance with Erik and now with Raven, something he'd never thought was possible back home, and he's confused and angry and grateful all at once.
She didn't hate him. She didn't think he'd only tried to hurt her, that even now, he wanted her to be something that she wasn't, and he projects that he loves her, even when she's angry and confused, that it's alright to be both of those things. Anger is just another emotion, and it's perfectly fine to feel it in response to injustice, or fear or hurt. He just doesn't want her to let it destroy her, but he'll always, always love her, and he wants to make sure she knows that.
Erik might be the other half of his soul, and they might both have a larger sense of the word "family" than they did before they met him and the others, but Raven was still his sister, the person he'd grown up with and cherished and been frustrated by and fiercely loved. That was a bond that would always be special and unique and utterly irreplaceable, and he wants nothing more than to find some middle ground again. He missed her.]