[Dolph knocks their foreheads together, and Oda thinks he must have cracked right open. His hands never shake, but they do now. He grips the hem of Dolph's shirt, tight.]
[Even asking just that is more vulnerability than Oda would have shown anyone a year ago. He always lived alone before coming here. As it stands, he can't imagine going back to that empty cottage, Dazai's room rid of every sign of him.
[He straightens where they stand, taking a deep breath and nodding his head. His hand grips the back of Dolph's neck, tight and secure.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Let me stay a while, would ya?
[His eyes are squeezed shut.]
Just a little while.
no subject
[ his hand slides down to the small of oda's back, reassuring. ]
Stay as long as you need to.
we can wrap or feel free to keep going if u have more? :3c
[He straightens where they stand, taking a deep breath and nodding his head. His hand grips the back of Dolph's neck, tight and secure.]
Thank you, Dolph.
wrapped!
I'm here for you.
[ and he better check on the others. he suspects that they're all reacting . . . poorly.
he might be the only adult left. ]