buttercup accidentally hurts bubbles and she gets scolded by frank and then like an hour later she comes to him crying because she feels bad and he’s being all soft lowkey
he’s so frustrated because he’s always telling buttercup to be gentle with bubbles. bubbles is so sensitive and she does a good job at telling buttercup that she doesn’t wanna play rough for the most part, but sometimes she doesn’t say anything because she’s worried about being excluded. frank’s made it a hard limit that she can’t roughhouse with bubbles the way buttercup does with blossom, but of course she does it anyway. when bubbles walks up to frank with a big ole bump on her head and buttercup looks guilty in the corner, he knows buttercup was at the scene of the crime.
“didn’t i tell you to keep your hands off your sister? you don’t fuckin’ listen.”
n buttercup walks away with a slight wobbly lip, but she hates crying in front of people. especially dad. she hates feeling so vulnerable. for the rest of the evening she stays tucked in her room, trying to stifle the stray tears n hiccups. when frank goes to find her for dinner and sees her rubbing at her eyes, refusing to look at him, he knows she’s been crying.
“hey, baby, let’s talk about it, hm? i was bein’ harsh…”