#thenightmarebyyourside

That grin spreads wider at the returned wave, excitement overriding any sense of caution there might have been ( or should have been ). He takes a step closer.

The question got a small breath of amusement before he shifted to get comfortable with (and return) the other’s hug. “Of course not. If we’d switched roles, I’d have brought some stuffed animal to give you.”

Send me ✏ for a quick little doodle of your character

「    a tiny doodle of a tiny leon ––    」

Grip tightens on his bad strap...Maybe he could do some tricks anyway, it’s not like he’s hiding from anyone here. ( And not like he was hiding at all, since he wanted to see Gunter the most right now, but again, also needed a second to breathe. ) Neck still feeling an occasional throb or tingle, wondered if it was in his head since it had been a soft bite. Ah... realizes he’d been unconsciously looking at his feet ( something he’d known he’d done, but hadn’t meant to become unaware of his surroundings like that ) when his foot hits a much shorter pair of legs by them.

Pick up my muse!

send 🌟 to keep my muse from doing something dumb

Spider gets bitten, immediately. It can’t be enough to truly hurt through his suit, but it’s the natural reaction when a child is startled from behind like that (especially when he has such nightmares of Gin and Vodka, making him prickle at anything occurring outside his peripheral vision) - whether or not it was a necessary measure to stop the little detective from running headlong into danger.

“Aoko thinks she did better with this one!” She’s actually a little proud! “Aoko put treats in the picture and colored it more! Since Aoko wanted to capture Leon-kun’s smile, Aoko focused on more on his face too and, and...” Smiles brightly at the small child, “Do you want to try?”

Smol hugs. To give attention. Very necessary.