[ Or-- well, it's more that the boy had clearly been in shock, or so Daniel had interpreted Robby's behaviour back then. The weird stoney silence, only interrupted by the bare minimum that had to be said. The total lack of emotion. Maybe that part wasn't necessarily good, but.. Robby got through a really hard thing.
That's being brave, even if it might not be the typical kind.
And Daniel is still glad he insisted on taking both the kids to places where someone could take a look at them. Fix them. God knows whether Robby's hands could still have been fixed this much if he had taken his time on bringing the poor boy to a doctor.
It makes Daniel want to run his thumb over the hands, but that's kind of hard with the way his own hand is trapped between both of Robby's own hands. So he instead moves the hand that's around Robby, still thankfully against the back of the other's head, which means it's very easy for Daniel to slowly move Robby's head just a little bit closer until Daniel can plant a slight kiss against the top of his forehead, since he can't really move his own body closer on his own accord. ]
I'm very proud of you.
[ Was this about Daniel's back?
Yes. But he's not even really avoiding any talk of that as much as Daniel just can't resist passing up a moment to tell Robby these things. They're too important not to. ]
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You were really brave back then.
[ Or-- well, it's more that the boy had clearly been in shock, or so Daniel had interpreted Robby's behaviour back then. The weird stoney silence, only interrupted by the bare minimum that had to be said. The total lack of emotion. Maybe that part wasn't necessarily good, but.. Robby got through a really hard thing.
That's being brave, even if it might not be the typical kind.
And Daniel is still glad he insisted on taking both the kids to places where someone could take a look at them. Fix them. God knows whether Robby's hands could still have been fixed this much if he had taken his time on bringing the poor boy to a doctor.
It makes Daniel want to run his thumb over the hands, but that's kind of hard with the way his own hand is trapped between both of Robby's own hands. So he instead moves the hand that's around Robby, still thankfully against the back of the other's head, which means it's very easy for Daniel to slowly move Robby's head just a little bit closer until Daniel can plant a slight kiss against the top of his forehead, since he can't really move his own body closer on his own accord. ]
I'm very proud of you.
[ Was this about Daniel's back?
Yes. But he's not even really avoiding any talk of that as much as Daniel just can't resist passing up a moment to tell Robby these things. They're too important not to. ]