[he waits silently, because that's what they do. sometimes words don't come as easily as either of them would like, but that's never meant that they've ignored anything the other person has said. it's why he's able to wait it out. why he knows that mick isn't going to dismiss his words.
though there's still a strain of doubt that briefly rises when mick finally does start to speak again. thankfully it's gone by the point he stops.]
That's enough for me. [whether it's a promise or not, knowing that mick will still be there if he does leave. that he won't give up on him-- it's enough because it has to be.] You're family. It just might take a while for me to remember that.
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though there's still a strain of doubt that briefly rises when mick finally does start to speak again. thankfully it's gone by the point he stops.]
That's enough for me. [whether it's a promise or not, knowing that mick will still be there if he does leave. that he won't give up on him-- it's enough because it has to be.] You're family. It just might take a while for me to remember that.