[He accepts the hug without question, arms winding tight around Charles' back. This could have taken so much longer, and maybe it could have happened sooner, but he doesn't know how. Charles is right: no matter how much cajoling or prompting or coaching he endured, this had to be his own.
Closing his eyes for a long, long moment, Erik just lets his emotions build off Charles'. It's freedom - but it's not like the freedom he and Magda gained from the camps. There is less terror in this, less fear of everything surrounding them. Less fear in general.
There is plenty still to be afraid of, but it isn't the way it was.]
You should have. I couldn't have done this alone.
[He'd been so angry, when he'd first realized Charles was here, so Angry at everything. He can't imagine having endured without him.]
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Closing his eyes for a long, long moment, Erik just lets his emotions build off Charles'. It's freedom - but it's not like the freedom he and Magda gained from the camps. There is less terror in this, less fear of everything surrounding them. Less fear in general.
There is plenty still to be afraid of, but it isn't the way it was.]
You should have. I couldn't have done this alone.
[He'd been so angry, when he'd first realized Charles was here, so Angry at everything. He can't imagine having endured without him.]