Once even I was a little child. and I was afraid.

[wishgrant]

Who: Luca Macken ( wishgrant ) and Alois Trancy ( masterbaiting ).
When: Tuesday evening, round 4-ish?
Where: Shota Phancyhive Manor!
Summary: Following this thread, this quick log and this late night call, Luca makes the choice to avoid his big brother. Big brother notices. It's time for them to talk.
Warnings: Possible foul language courtesy of Alois? Epic amounts of

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[masterbaiting]

Alois sits right up, when Luca's in - his hands plant themselves against the bed, between his bowed knees, and he's got his mildly-worried face on. "There you are. Hullo, Luca, now where've you been?"

Luca's just about the only one who can make him sound a little more like Jim.

...He's good at acting like things haven't happened, and so it's only low-level distress at not having seen his brother very much throughout the day. Lack of Luca makes him nervous, in ways different now from how they had been when he was a child. His fingertips rub against the bedspread and he's anxious. (Jim didn't used to be so anxious as Alois sometimes is.)

[wishgrant]

The guilt hits him immediately at the sight of Alois's worried face, and he stares at the floor instead. Luca wasn't nearly as good at acting as Alois was.

"With Quackers."

As if on cue, the duck pops out from under the bed, and he scoops her up in his arms. Out of habit, one hand releases Quackers, moving to stop his brother's anxious gesture. "We explored the other rooms today." He shifts nervously on the floor, before moving up to sit on the bed, brown eyes still not meeting blue. "An' we took a nap in the guest room."

[masterbaiting]

"Could have laid in here if you wanted- But I guess you were exploring too much for interruptions, hm?" A pause, and Alois frowns a little, taking Luca's bitty hand, trying for any sort of eye contact.

With a squeezing of fingers, he swings into Jim mode. "Go on, tell me what's wrong. I know something is, come here." He's already scooting closer. It's instinct to tilt Luca's chin up and examine his face - just in case.

[wishgrant]

He finally looks up at Alois for the first time in a whole day, teeth worrying his lip. But he isn't going to cry, because Brother has cried enough for both of them. Except he probably will at some point OH WELL.

"You weren't there when I woke up." He sniffs a little. "You said everything was okay and you weren't mad or nothin' but you left and you weren't there when I woke up. I didn't meant to scare you or make you angry or anythin'. S-so don't hate me. I don't want you to hate me." Not crying. but. Wibbling.