She grabs his shoulders and the panic changes to something else. Her request doesn't make it ease, it just makes it worse, and for a split second he almost thinks to shake his head 'no'.
His shredded ears twitch, bringing a flinch. He shakes all over now and he has to hold his breath not to let the panic be more obvious than it is, his wide eyes brimmed with it. But then slowly and stiffly, he's leaning forward as he's been asked.
And then she bumps her forehead to his.
There's two seconds of shock. Then, so easy like that, he feels his pusher break. There's no noise, of course, none at all. But his breath comes sharp like a sob, gets all caught outside his lungs and his face twists something awful, a real show of emotion.
He's quick to breath deep, swallow it back, push it down, and the go numb again just a few seconds later. But it was there. He can't take back what she caught just then. No matter how much more times goes, letting it fade.
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His shredded ears twitch, bringing a flinch. He shakes all over now and he has to hold his breath not to let the panic be more obvious than it is, his wide eyes brimmed with it. But then slowly and stiffly, he's leaning forward as he's been asked.
And then she bumps her forehead to his.
There's two seconds of shock. Then, so easy like that, he feels his pusher break. There's no noise, of course, none at all. But his breath comes sharp like a sob, gets all caught outside his lungs and his face twists something awful, a real show of emotion.
He's quick to breath deep, swallow it back, push it down, and the go numb again just a few seconds later. But it was there. He can't take back what she caught just then. No matter how much more times goes, letting it fade.