[ For a moment he doesn't even hear him, sucking in ragged breathes as he jolts upright and stares forward for a moment with wide, unseeing eyes. It's hard to even register that they're back home, even when he can smell the familiar comfort of home. There's no comfort to be had for him though, and when Shouto speaks his name he just looks up blankly at him like he's not even seeing him.
I should stay away, not risk hurting you again when I don't even understand what happened. That's what's hammering in his head why he's staring at Shouto with such naked horror, even when he's so happy to be here, to be back, to be real... And he wavers for a moment, unsure. Hesitating himself as he leans back—
—and Timcanpy surges forward. Slamming back inside of Allen with surprising force and greater surprise that he even would, when he's actually... he's almost never gone back inside of him ever since he first came out. But he does and Allen takes in a sharp breath, eyes going wide. Timcanpy...
He presses a hand against his own chest for a moment, staring for a moment in disbelief and faint awe, before he looks back up again at Shouto. Seeing him this time, even as his expression twists in conflict and his brows knit. ]
I— [ He cuts himself off, biting his lip. Conflict intensifying. I don't... I want-- ...I shouldn't... ] Shouto, I...
[ Abruptly the scales tip and Allen reaches out to throw his arms around his shoulders. Bodily and with threadbare desperation, swinging one leg around until he's in his lap and just. hugging onto him with all his might.
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I should stay away, not risk hurting you again when I don't even understand what happened. That's what's hammering in his head why he's staring at Shouto with such naked horror, even when he's so happy to be here, to be back, to be real... And he wavers for a moment, unsure. Hesitating himself as he leans back—
—and Timcanpy surges forward. Slamming back inside of Allen with surprising force and greater surprise that he even would, when he's actually... he's almost never gone back inside of him ever since he first came out. But he does and Allen takes in a sharp breath, eyes going wide. Timcanpy...
He presses a hand against his own chest for a moment, staring for a moment in disbelief and faint awe, before he looks back up again at Shouto. Seeing him this time, even as his expression twists in conflict and his brows knit. ]
I— [ He cuts himself off, biting his lip. Conflict intensifying. I don't... I want-- ...I shouldn't... ] Shouto, I...
[ Abruptly the scales tip and Allen reaches out to throw his arms around his shoulders. Bodily and with threadbare desperation, swinging one leg around until he's in his lap and just. hugging onto him with all his might.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. ]