[The harder Jason sobs, so brokenly and utterly bereft of any defense, the tighter Nero holds onto him - protective, his knuckles going white as he dug in. The rage he felt against Jason's world right now, how fucking unfair it was that it did this to him...

He wanted so badly to take him away from it all. To be the one to save him, for once, even if it meant... no, no matter what. He couldn't lose Jason to that toxic place, where he'd just be alone. Let down again.

It hurt to think about.

...It takes a moment for Nero to register that his own vision was going blurry, too. He blinks, and that small movement breaks the tension - a tear streaks down his face, and then another.]

Ah...?