[ Ben finally looks back towards Kieran and meets his eyes for the first time in a little while, a sad smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. It's... weird, and really kind of a relief, to hear someone outside the family defending him. Putting their foot down and declaring that the situation had been wrong.
Kieran is right, too, for reasons he doesn't even realize, yet. Their father had abused them because he thought it was necessary to avert the apocalypse, and in the end, hadn't he caused it? If he hadn't screwed Vanya up so much, hadn't screwed Luther up so much, things might have gone differently. Instead, both of them were so damaged, each in their own way, that together they'd ended the fucking world.
Go figure. ]
Thank you for saying that.
[ Ben's voice is hoarse with emotion, but the tension is gone from his shoulders. He lets out a long, shuddering sigh, and stands a little taller, after. ]
You're- you're a really good friend, Kieran.
[ He wants Kieran to know that. To understand how much he had helped, on a really hard day. ]
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Kieran is right, too, for reasons he doesn't even realize, yet. Their father had abused them because he thought it was necessary to avert the apocalypse, and in the end, hadn't he caused it? If he hadn't screwed Vanya up so much, hadn't screwed Luther up so much, things might have gone differently. Instead, both of them were so damaged, each in their own way, that together they'd ended the fucking world.
Go figure. ]
Thank you for saying that.
[ Ben's voice is hoarse with emotion, but the tension is gone from his shoulders. He lets out a long, shuddering sigh, and stands a little taller, after. ]
You're- you're a really good friend, Kieran.
[ He wants Kieran to know that. To understand how much he had helped, on a really hard day. ]