[ lip quivering, he goes quiet when the Turk walks in. Peter swallows, before shaking his head and scrubbing at the tears ]
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Nothing.
[puts a hand on Peter’s shoulder gently , looking for his eyes.] C’mon Peter, ya know ya can tell Dede anythin’. Not tell me , what’s wrong? Maybe I can help.
[ insistently, he looks up at Sadiq with a smile on his face. Tears all gone ]
I didn’t listen and I messed up. So all of the fireflies are dead cause of me. I was a bad boy, sir.
[he frowns , picking up the boy in his arms , standing up straight with him]
Now now , Peter. Just because ya made a lil’ mistake doesn’t mean that you are a bad boy. Everyone makes mistakes. But how come the fireflies are dead? What fireflies?
[ he swallows, before holding up the jar, tears threatening escape again ]
I caught them last night with a big person. But they all died before I could show Arthur
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baklavaland reblogged this from fortroughs and added:
[ hugs him tighter , petting his head and back comfortingly] Well I’m a big person. I could help ya if ya wanna. I’m...
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toanohunapo reblogged this from fortroughs and added:
“At all at all? Aaaah— you’re quite the perfectionist aren’t you little brother?” the blond man smiles lightly as he...
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fortroughs reblogged this from baklavaland and added:
…m—mmh. Maybe. [ he doesn’t say that he honestly doesn’t know how to talk to Arthur, or that his confidence is shot....
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