❝ i’m sorry that i did this, the blood is on my hands. ❞ -- alias @heroicspider
heart-to-heart, you’re right beside him as always. What tragedy it is : the hero of the day comes home feeling like the villain. Time and time again he’s left to take risks for the sake of a better outcome; time and time again, his luck wears thin ; time and time again, he comes back a little broken than before. WORLD SAVED AT WHAT COST? / WHAT IS A HERO’S REWARD? War? A purpose? A challenge left after ; a war on mind and spirit? He’s got a strong spirit, a brilliant mind, but he always comes back a little more broken than before.
BROKEN BOY BESIDE YOU, you’re one of the kind; fixed at jagged edges and survivor’s guilt. You get it - - - and you didn’t want to. Mark that: didn’t. Now it comes to use, a tool to heal instead. ( we’re not monsters . we’re just ...... )
❛ Peter, listen to me, it’s not your fault. ❜
Hand curves on-top of his, brown eyes determined to have him meet yours. ❛ You can’t save everyone. It’s not possible. The fact you try makes you a hero. Don’t forget you’re only human, too. There’s no blood on your hands. You didn’t kill her just because you weren’t there. I’m sorry you think you did. ❜ Once upon a time, those words would make you a hypocrite. Some days, they still are. RIGHT PLACE/ WRONG TIME . WRONG PLACE / RIGHT TIME. They always land unlucky, you can’t have both, and if you do: it’s temporary. There’s blood on your hands too because another boy silenced your tongue. You get it: not being there being the reason for tragedy. Life is full of butterfly effects, and they haunt you sometimes with endless ‘what ifs’ to play around and torture yourself with.
But this should not be one ‘what if’ to add to reasons he can’t sleep at night. There’s great power with responsibility ; and he’s driving himself insane with it. You wish it was easier, you wish he could sleep sound.
Your goes to his face, thumb rubbing against the skin that’s seen too many now-faded bruises, ❛ Look, if anything, she’s in a better place now, right? ❜
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