So much that Mako has to pick through: Bolin was afraid, apparently, of getting told to leave. Why? Because it would make him think about the first time? Because he hates to be told no? Valid, both, but Mako doesn't think it's enough.
That he didn't tell Mako because he didn't want to—what, be a burden on them? Because he wanted to make his own choices? "Find his own way" even if that way leads him to a hole in an alley and a bed made out of curtains after Mako worked so fucking hard to get him something better—
He doesn't understand, and that more than anything scares him. He should understand. He should know Bolin better than anyone.
Clearly, he doesn't. Finally, he makes a rough little noise in his throat, trying to pull words from the tangle of questions in his head. ]
So you were just going to stay here and freeze. It's almost winter, Bolin. We don't even know what that's like here.
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Date: 2021-12-07 12:57 am (UTC)So much that Mako has to pick through: Bolin was afraid, apparently, of getting told to leave. Why? Because it would make him think about the first time? Because he hates to be told no? Valid, both, but Mako doesn't think it's enough.
That he didn't tell Mako because he didn't want to—what, be a burden on them? Because he wanted to make his own choices? "Find his own way" even if that way leads him to a hole in an alley and a bed made out of curtains after Mako worked so fucking hard to get him something better—
He doesn't understand, and that more than anything scares him. He should understand. He should know Bolin better than anyone.
Clearly, he doesn't. Finally, he makes a rough little noise in his throat, trying to pull words from the tangle of questions in his head. ]
So you were just going to stay here and freeze. It's almost winter, Bolin. We don't even know what that's like here.