A forehead kiss! He blinks stupidly at it, only recovering when she goes for a face-burying. That, at least, he can work out: answer it by stroking her hair. Keeping her close to him. He stops himself, just barely, from pressing his face into her hair. Right now, that feels like it would be pushing it.]
You're the best brosis a guy could ask for, Rox.
[He could never pick one of his friends over any of the others, but there is something binding in what he and Roxy went through together. Living all those years after everything, having that understanding. Sharing the loss of their world, their culture, their family. Dirk wonders if making Roxy keep quiet about it for all those years with Jane and Jake was a mistake, if maybe Jane would've believed them easier if she'd heard earlier (he doesn't think so, but maybe—), if at least it might've helped Roxy to talk about it more.
All those years he spent watching over her on Derse... Getting stupidly exasperated whenever she went rogue, which was all the time. But really, he didn't mind. He liked being the one to bring her home.]
I'm glad I have you here with me.
[He can't imagine anywhere being 'home' without Roxy there.]
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A forehead kiss! He blinks stupidly at it, only recovering when she goes for a face-burying. That, at least, he can work out: answer it by stroking her hair. Keeping her close to him. He stops himself, just barely, from pressing his face into her hair. Right now, that feels like it would be pushing it.]
You're the best brosis a guy could ask for, Rox.
[He could never pick one of his friends over any of the others, but there is something binding in what he and Roxy went through together. Living all those years after everything, having that understanding. Sharing the loss of their world, their culture, their family. Dirk wonders if making Roxy keep quiet about it for all those years with Jane and Jake was a mistake, if maybe Jane would've believed them easier if she'd heard earlier (he doesn't think so, but maybe—), if at least it might've helped Roxy to talk about it more.
All those years he spent watching over her on Derse... Getting stupidly exasperated whenever she went rogue, which was all the time. But really, he didn't mind. He liked being the one to bring her home.]
I'm glad I have you here with me.
[He can't imagine anywhere being 'home' without Roxy there.]