[It breaks her heart seeing him like this. Having to watch the man who had been her rock, her steady, calm pillar of strength who had held her when she needed someone, who wiped away her tears when she cried them away, be brought to heel by mere imaginings shatters the ground she tries to stand on. He deserves better than this—he did nothing to earn the ire of this world's magic, so why...?
When he clings onto her tighter, she allows him, her own arms wrapping so tight around him that she's afraid she might squeeze the air out of his lungs, but she doesn't know what else to do. She thought that it had been over, at least for the time being, but if Tifa, with the help of the crystals and the honey and whatever other magic is available to them, can't do anything about them, then what else is there...?
Her fingers brush through his hair and she holds him fast against her as his voice crackles and breaks into her neck, and her legs thread through his in an attempt to breach whatever space is remaining until there is none left for these nightmares to fill.]
Yes, you can.
[Tifa's lips are right at his ears, her voice a tender but firm whisper in them.]
I know that you're stronger than whatever this is, so please... I want to help you.
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When he clings onto her tighter, she allows him, her own arms wrapping so tight around him that she's afraid she might squeeze the air out of his lungs, but she doesn't know what else to do. She thought that it had been over, at least for the time being, but if Tifa, with the help of the crystals and the honey and whatever other magic is available to them, can't do anything about them, then what else is there...?
Her fingers brush through his hair and she holds him fast against her as his voice crackles and breaks into her neck, and her legs thread through his in an attempt to breach whatever space is remaining until there is none left for these nightmares to fill.]
Yes, you can.
[Tifa's lips are right at his ears, her voice a tender but firm whisper in them.]
I know that you're stronger than whatever this is, so please... I want to help you.