[Vash, on the other hand, might have thought they were there. Maybe it wasn't a perfect resolution, but he would have thought the worst was over. They were going to try, and Vash was going to do better. No more running away. No more framing it as the right decision. He was going to listen, and not spit in the face of Nick's vulnerability.
That there's more makes the abyssal ambivalence rise again. He'd thought he'd done well and identified the problem. A gap in his efforts meant that he was lacking. That he would let Wolfwood down and prove that he hadn't tried as hard as he might have implied.
The panic tries to spiral. Vash tries to choke it down before it can. He listens to that command, even if lifting his head makes him feel seen. The tears are unshed, but they're brimming heavily at the corners of his eyes. Nevertheless, he hefts himself upward and onto the bed properly. They're level with one another.
Equals.]
Anything you need. [That's a promise, even if he doesn't frame it as such. So what if he hadn't prepared for this. All he needed to do was listen, right?] I'm... ready.
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That there's more makes the abyssal ambivalence rise again. He'd thought he'd done well and identified the problem. A gap in his efforts meant that he was lacking. That he would let Wolfwood down and prove that he hadn't tried as hard as he might have implied.
The panic tries to spiral. Vash tries to choke it down before it can. He listens to that command, even if lifting his head makes him feel seen. The tears are unshed, but they're brimming heavily at the corners of his eyes. Nevertheless, he hefts himself upward and onto the bed properly. They're level with one another.
Equals.]
Anything you need. [That's a promise, even if he doesn't frame it as such. So what if he hadn't prepared for this. All he needed to do was listen, right?] I'm... ready.