[God. Brand makes him feel like a kid again. It's the overprotectiveness, sure, but also just the nostalgia of it. It's too easy to remember every instance of Brand just automatically slotting himself between Rune and anything even potentially threatening, all the way back to when they were toddlers getting their first haircuts. Never before has a small child been ready to fight an adult just for holding a pair of scissors.]
Yeah. About time.
[It's muffled against Brand's uniform, but there's no heat in it. As if he could be upset at Brand about anything right now. Even the prickle of stubble against the side of his head is strangely comforting.]
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Yeah. About time.
[It's muffled against Brand's uniform, but there's no heat in it. As if he could be upset at Brand about anything right now. Even the prickle of stubble against the side of his head is strangely comforting.]