I do trust you. ( the repeated words are soft. he wants — he needs — to trust himself. he needs an inner compass that he may follow, the one he had been attempting to build: after the loss of hayley, of elijah... of all who had guided him through the very worst of himself.
he has always been fierce, but rarely brave. looking at hope now, he feels the contradictory mixture of terror and courage that has always warred within him, when it comes to being worthy of being her father. he must ensure that bravery, that love, wins.
he licks his lips and worries them with his teeth. he promised her, and immediately gave her reason for concern. he means the words now as much as he did then, and yet. for all her has failed her, what are words? what are promises? )
I want to know. ( the lightest and most painful of smiles also flickers on his lips. ) Perhaps without photographic evidence.
But being with you here is the most important thing to me. I will not err.
[ she takes a hesitant step, then a stronger one, and then puts herself into his arms because this is her dad, and she's still his littlest wolf. that's all that matters — he's here, she's here, and they can make it work. ]
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he has always been fierce, but rarely brave. looking at hope now, he feels the contradictory mixture of terror and courage that has always warred within him, when it comes to being worthy of being her father. he must ensure that bravery, that love, wins.
he licks his lips and worries them with his teeth. he promised her, and immediately gave her reason for concern. he means the words now as much as he did then, and yet. for all her has failed her, what are words? what are promises? )
I want to know. ( the lightest and most painful of smiles also flickers on his lips. ) Perhaps without photographic evidence.
But being with you here is the most important thing to me. I will not err.
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[ she takes a hesitant step, then a stronger one, and then puts herself into his arms because this is her dad, and she's still his littlest wolf. that's all that matters — he's here, she's here, and they can make it work. ]