Grand declarations, speeches, giving orders with the expectation of follow through, this has been his life since the war. Shoving down his own needs, pushing past trauma or triggers, these are small sacrifices in the grand scheme of the way he's impacted their reality.
He doesn't even flinch when he's grabbed and Hyne what does that say about their experiences that he feels the most at home in the world when they're like this. When they fall into old patterns.
His hand twitches into a fist, but it stays at his side despite wanting to hit Seifer just to rattle him of the notion that Squall is any kind of knight. He's clearly failed as Rinoa's. "This isn't a bed time story," he retorts with a roll of his shoulder to try and dislodge the hand on it. "If you wannna pretend to be a monster, then run me through and prove it." The phantom ache of ice in his shoulder only makes the tremble in his unclenched fist worsen so he balls that up too and straightens against Seifer's stare.
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on 2024-11-15 08:03 am (UTC)He doesn't even flinch when he's grabbed and Hyne what does that say about their experiences that he feels the most at home in the world when they're like this. When they fall into old patterns.
His hand twitches into a fist, but it stays at his side despite wanting to hit Seifer just to rattle him of the notion that Squall is any kind of knight. He's clearly
failed as Rinoa's. "This isn't a bed time story," he retorts with a roll of his shoulder to try and dislodge the hand on it. "If you wannna pretend to be a monster, then run me through and prove it." The phantom ache of ice in his shoulder only makes the tremble in his unclenched fist worsen so he balls that up too and straightens against Seifer's stare.