The slip into past grief is… not momentary, but it passes. Phillip has never properly dealt with those emotions, and he has yet to grapple with how very alone he will be in the, to him, not too distant future. He will, though. He doesn’t want to, but with Gustavain here he knows he will.
For now, he doesn’t push it away, more lets it slide past him, clearing his eyes and opening them enough to see the golden ones staring up at him. Maybe it should worry him, to see them again, but instead something about the gaze soothes him, untangling his fingers enough to gently comb through the mess his tighter hold had made.
He shifts his legs to make it easier on them both, physically relaxing again as the tension of his emotional flare up eases. “Hmm… unpredictable,” he says, though there’s a wry little smile that accompanies it, “I never knew, when he came back from his adventures, where his mood would be or what little ‘tricks’ or ideas he’d picked up on while he was gone. But… he always took care of me. And stayed for as long as he could after.” Which was part of the care- giving Thanatos the time he could between his duties.
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Date: 2021-08-27 06:17 pm (UTC)For now, he doesn’t push it away, more lets it slide past him, clearing his eyes and opening them enough to see the golden ones staring up at him. Maybe it should worry him, to see them again, but instead something about the gaze soothes him, untangling his fingers enough to gently comb through the mess his tighter hold had made.
He shifts his legs to make it easier on them both, physically relaxing again as the tension of his emotional flare up eases. “Hmm… unpredictable,” he says, though there’s a wry little smile that accompanies it, “I never knew, when he came back from his adventures, where his mood would be or what little ‘tricks’ or ideas he’d picked up on while he was gone. But… he always took care of me. And stayed for as long as he could after.” Which was part of the care- giving Thanatos the time he could between his duties.