it hurts stahn a lot, because the pressure of having to be the hero, of having to be the swordian master he's apparently destined to be already weighs on him heavily. so when leon adds his own expectations to that, and they're so, so much greater than what stahn sees himself as...
it feels hard to breathe.
all stahn can do is drop his head—any attempt that may have existed to maintain his composure is lost. his head remains dipped to not look at leon, but there are hot tears rolling down his cheeks, and though he tries to remain quiet, the way his shoulders shake is indicative of his sobs (as are the sniffles). he doesn't have a response for leon, he doesn't have words to reply with.
except something mumbled that's barely audible, if only because he can't muster the strength to say them any louder.]
Why...
Why can't you ever believe anyone else? [why is leon always so insistent that he's right? even when he admits he's done something wrong, he gets something else in his head tha's off the mark, and then refuses to believe them.
stahn has to wonder if he really values what stahn believes in that little, that he can't ever concede to the fact that stahn sometimes knows what he's talking about, even if that's just admitting his own many flaws.]
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it hurts stahn a lot, because the pressure of having to be the hero, of having to be the swordian master he's apparently destined to be already weighs on him heavily. so when leon adds his own expectations to that, and they're so, so much greater than what stahn sees himself as...
it feels hard to breathe.
all stahn can do is drop his head—any attempt that may have existed to maintain his composure is lost. his head remains dipped to not look at leon, but there are hot tears rolling down his cheeks, and though he tries to remain quiet, the way his shoulders shake is indicative of his sobs (as are the sniffles). he doesn't have a response for leon, he doesn't have words to reply with.
except something mumbled that's barely audible, if only because he can't muster the strength to say them any louder.]
Why...
Why can't you ever believe anyone else? [why is leon always so insistent that he's right? even when he admits he's done something wrong, he gets something else in his head tha's off the mark, and then refuses to believe them.
stahn has to wonder if he really values what stahn believes in that little, that he can't ever concede to the fact that stahn sometimes knows what he's talking about, even if that's just admitting his own many flaws.]