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Started January 05, 2019 by @_sleeby_rat_

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When Sebastian had calmed down a little, Lionel pressed a soothing kiss to the top of his head. “Better now?”

Sebastian nodded weakly, not feeling amazingly better but enough that he felt alright enough to respond

Lionel’s hold on Sebastian tightened further, as if he were daring the rest of the world to even try and hurt him. “Good.”

Sebastian just nodded again, sniffling and rubbing at his eyes to try and compose himself again

“Take you time…” Lionel murmured, leaning back and lifting a hand to cup Sebastian’s cheek. With his thumb, he gently wiped away the last of his tears, lowering Sebastian’s hands with his free one.

Sebastian sniffled again, doing his best to finally compose himself again. He wanted to rub at his eyes, but he couldn't since Lionel was moving his hands away from his face

Lionel let go, leaning over to grab a box of tissues from the bedside table and handing them to his boyfriend.

Sebastian thanked him quietly, taking the tissues and blowing his nose, tossing them into a nearby garbage can before taking a moment to wipe at his eyes

Lionel waited, his arms still around Sebastian.

Sebastian finally took a deep breath, composing himself as he rubbed at his eyes. "I'm sorry you had to see that," he mumbled, hating that he had to put Lionel through that

“Don’t be,” he answered gently. “Why would I mind?”

"Because I'm not…It's…You shouldn't have to deal with this," Sebastian said softly, hating this more and more

“Sebastian, no.” Lionel exhaled slowly, shaking his head. “I’m your boyfriend. If I don’t want to comfort you when you’re upset, we clearly have an issue. I’m not ‘dealing with’ anything. I’m holding you because you deserve to cry sometimes.”

"Come on, you would know rich kids don't cry," Sebastian tried to joke, but all humor was ruined by his voice audibly threatening to crack

“I know that that’s fake news,” he answered, “And that it’s okay for you to cry.”

Sebastian just sniffled, rubbing furiously at his eyes as he did his best to keep from crying again. "You…You're so good to me," he said softly. "I don't deserve it."

Lionel handed his boyfriend another tissue, features softened by sympathy. "Of course you deserve it, why would you not? If anything, it's me who doesn't deserve you."

"You don't deserve all the emotional baggage I come with. I'm a disaster, I'm in some serious shit," Sebastian tried to say, just clinging onto the tissue as he rubbed at his eyes

"So am I, you just haven't seen it all yet," he reasoned. "And I don't care whether or not you're a disaster. Okay?"

"You will soon. If Valentina's shouting didn't already give it away, we're…in pretty deep," Sebastian mumbled

"I don't, and will never care," Lionel repeated, firmly this time. "Alright?"

"Yeah, but…I just…You heard the conversation we had, didn't you? My sister was yelling loud enough for the whole building to hear us," Sebastian mumbled

"I heard bits and pieces," he admitted, scratching at the nape of his neck.

Sebastian went quiet for a moment now, lips pursed in thought. "Do…Do you wanna know what happened?" he asked softly after a moment

"Only if you want to tell me," he answered quietly, intertwining his fingers with Sebastian's.