❛❛ MISERY BORN.

also uh minor spoilers in the headcanon below the cut ?? they’re really for last week’s ep but to be safe.

❝  you… understand my apprehension here, right?  ❞   she’s still a bit on edge, and her guard is still firmly in place. hands rest on knees, gripping a bit too tightly to be relaxed despite the pleasantness of their surroundings.  ❝  this whole thing is… well. it’s a lot. and i don’t necessarily trust what my mother says, but…  ❞   i don’t trust you, either, hangs in the space between them.

@owleir     /     ☼

          there is hesitancy in how he carries himself; guarded, arms crossed and shoulders raised a little in tension he carries unknowingly. he has yet to look ozpin ( oscar? ) in the eyes. there is silence for some time before, eventually, the young arc speaks. 

         “…is it selfish, to still be mad at you for her? …even with all that’s happened. with everything i know now. i still…i still don’t know why. why py-” her name sticks in his throat, “…why did it have to be her?”

hesitancy  is  to  be  expected  at  this  point  .  it  must  be  difficult  talking  to  a  child  who  carries  one’s  old  headmaster’s  soul  .  talking  to  one  person  and  looking  at  another  entirely  .  ozpin  still  feels  hesitation  when  hearing  oscar’s  voice  rather  than  his  own  .

  ok but listen : if the power needed to make rae n...

oz is a fucking fu.rry

“A misconception I want to get cleared right now: I did not choose to return. I am just making the best of the situation I’ve been forced into.”