[That was actually a million times better than he'd ever hoped for.
[He'd expected a hand, maaaaaybe. He'd more expected a knife. Possibly more skittering. He'd been expecting to hit a wall again...
[Instead, he gets this. And while he hadn't expected it, he's ready for it. He's been ready for it since day one.
[Because if anyone understands the difference between damage and damage, between what you could do and how much you could do and how broken you were inside--
[He understands more than he doesn't. And that's why the arms are solid and warm and accepting. Why he runs his hand up and down Jason's back and holds him like he's that snot nosed kid without an ounce of propriety or fear or shame. There's no pride here. There's no anger here. There has been so much hate and so much fear and so much terror and there's guilt and there's blame and all those things are still there but they're not here because human beings can only take so much]
Shhh, it's all right. It's all right. I've got you. I've got you, Jason.
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[That was actually a million times better than he'd ever hoped for.
[He'd expected a hand, maaaaaybe. He'd more expected a knife. Possibly more skittering. He'd been expecting to hit a wall again...
[Instead, he gets this. And while he hadn't expected it, he's ready for it. He's been ready for it since day one.
[Because if anyone understands the difference between damage and damage, between what you could do and how much you could do and how broken you were inside--
[He understands more than he doesn't. And that's why the arms are solid and warm and accepting. Why he runs his hand up and down Jason's back and holds him like he's that snot nosed kid without an ounce of propriety or fear or shame. There's no pride here. There's no anger here. There has been so much hate and so much fear and so much terror and there's guilt and there's blame and all those things are still there but they're not here because human beings can only take so much]
Shhh, it's all right. It's all right. I've got you. I've got you, Jason.