( it's just a fancier word, the implication is still the same. why other people can bend and flinch and break and get pushed to their limits while barry can't -- he isn't sure. it's just how it is. sometimes it feels like the world is lashing out at him, weighing on his shoulders with the importance of his universe and 52 other ones, and that's -- difficult, to bear. difficult but necessary. he doesn't have time to be upset. )
I can't let him think he has power over me. ( he grips harrison tighter, not sure if they're holding each other as lovers or as a son would hold his father -- maybe they just are, and maybe that's just enough. ) But he does.
climbs into lap
( it's just a fancier word, the implication is still the same. why other people can bend and flinch and break and get pushed to their limits while barry can't -- he isn't sure. it's just how it is. sometimes it feels like the world is lashing out at him, weighing on his shoulders with the importance of his universe and 52 other ones, and that's -- difficult, to bear. difficult but necessary. he doesn't have time to be upset. )
I can't let him think he has power over me. ( he grips harrison tighter, not sure if they're holding each other as lovers or as a son would hold his father -- maybe they just are, and maybe that's just enough. ) But he does.