"Of course you weren't. If you meant it, you'd make it stick." As much shit as their father piled on Klaus every hour of every day in their youth- if Klaus truly wanted something to happen, if he really wanted to do something? It would be done come hell or high water. Why people overlooked this in him Hela never understood.
Buying into the casual mask must be simple, she supposes.
Gentleness isn't something she's skilled in, nor comfort, nor kindness- but she reaches out all the same, hand dropping to his shoulder, her other smoothing through his hair. A soothing stroke. "It's easier to think about it if you're by yourself. I know."
A beat as she considers for a long moment whether or not she should...
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Buying into the casual mask must be simple, she supposes.
Gentleness isn't something she's skilled in, nor comfort, nor kindness- but she reaches out all the same, hand dropping to his shoulder, her other smoothing through his hair. A soothing stroke. "It's easier to think about it if you're by yourself. I know."
A beat as she considers for a long moment whether or not she should...
"I've been there."