#qrangst

Qrow looks up to see Tai already watching him, and he hates the way his chest heats and his stomach flips when he meets those blue eyes. He feels like he should be too old for this, or he should have grown out of it ages ago.

Qrow is in Patch, helping Taiyang with six-year-old Ruby and eight-year-old Yang. More than anything, the little family needs stability right now, so he knows better than to ever confess his feelings to Tai. The time for that passed a long time ago. He doesn't even know if those feelings are reciprocated.

When he’s drunk he’s happy, and when he’s happy, his Semblance is less likely to lash out.

Qrow hates his Semblance: all it does is hurt people. He has long since accepted the fact that if he gets too close, bad things happen.

“It’s not like everyone else is born knowing exactly how to use their Semblances. The fact that you won’t even acknowledge it shows that you’re at the same level as a two-year-old.”