He didn't think it silly. He definitely found it sad. Not of her; him, too. He'd also grown up knowing that not all kids got loved and praised just for existing. Some of them had (eternally) to earn it. (Doomed to fail.)
Equally automatically, he squeezed her hand, back.
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Date: 2019-06-21 02:21 am (UTC)Equally automatically, he squeezed her hand, back.
"You deserve it," he said. "Trust me."