[Jason continues to tremble and shake as he feels the mattress shift again. Bruce is close, he's very close and Jason senses that they are approaching a tipping point. They balance on a knife's edge and Jason gets to choose which way they fall.
What did he really want? Why did he stay? What can he find in this Bruce that the one back home won't give him?
Bruce's hand presses feather light to Jason's shoulder and says something Jason has never heard his Bruce say.
I got you.
It's not pandering or pedantic, not threatening or patronizing. But simple, a quiet promise, no matter how brief, to be a foundation.]
I'm always falling. [Jason confesses, his voice thick with his fear.] Seems like forever.
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What did he really want? Why did he stay? What can he find in this Bruce that the one back home won't give him?
Bruce's hand presses feather light to Jason's shoulder and says something Jason has never heard his Bruce say.
I got you.
It's not pandering or pedantic, not threatening or patronizing. But simple, a quiet promise, no matter how brief, to be a foundation.]
I'm always falling. [Jason confesses, his voice thick with his fear.] Seems like forever.