She's not actually sure what she expected. Maybe him to be catching her off guard to make her look up so he could knock her out, or something. She knows he can do it when he's angry enough, after all. Maybe something else, she doesn't know, her head is scrambled.
But she didn't expect a hug.
If she didn't know how to handle it last time, in a much calmer moment, she doesn't know how to handle it now, even as she lets herself be pulled in. Her arms don't even seem to know where to go, this time, one remaining wrapped around her own knees and the other awkwardly hooking around him.
As soon as her face is out of sight of him, it crumples. She starts to sob, out of sync with the memory of South still playing around them.
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It's not at all what she expected.
She's not actually sure what she expected. Maybe him to be catching her off guard to make her look up so he could knock her out, or something. She knows he can do it when he's angry enough, after all. Maybe something else, she doesn't know, her head is scrambled.
But she didn't expect a hug.
If she didn't know how to handle it last time, in a much calmer moment, she doesn't know how to handle it now, even as she lets herself be pulled in. Her arms don't even seem to know where to go, this time, one remaining wrapped around her own knees and the other awkwardly hooking around him.
As soon as her face is out of sight of him, it crumples. She starts to sob, out of sync with the memory of South still playing around them.