[ He's taken back by it immediately, blinking in surprise and fumbling with the strength of the reaction he didn't expect.
But the rest followed easier. It was the haplessness of Emily when she was so exhausted she wept, Jessamine desperately hiding the tears at her mother's death. His arm slipped around her shoulders and the other settled to stroke her hair gently. Cathartic in the way he'd long lost the ability to weep for much anymore, least of all himself.
He had missed being wanted for something other than killing, other than being a necessity. It's clumsily done but he kissed the top of her head gently, squeezing around her shoulders tightly in an effort to make her feel secure. The same way he had after every one of Emily's nightmares. ]
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But the rest followed easier. It was the haplessness of Emily when she was so exhausted she wept, Jessamine desperately hiding the tears at her mother's death. His arm slipped around her shoulders and the other settled to stroke her hair gently. Cathartic in the way he'd long lost the ability to weep for much anymore, least of all himself.
He had missed being wanted for something other than killing, other than being a necessity. It's clumsily done but he kissed the top of her head gently, squeezing around her shoulders tightly in an effort to make her feel secure. The same way he had after every one of Emily's nightmares. ]
It's alright, Terra.