Circus of silence down at our feet

[knightime]

Characters: Dave Strider and Bro Strider
Setting: Bro's room in which I forgot the number hahhhh
Format: Either
Summary: Dave isn't very good at the whole ninja and making sure Bro is ok without having to confront the other. And he owes a certain conversation he's not too keen on having.
Warnings: Mentions of death. Emotions. Strider feels.

Dave was still feeling pretty guilty about what happened with his Shadow. He's taken to checking on Bro, using time loops to do it without getting caught. But once in awhile, he'll manually go by Bro's room to see how he's doing.

It was cowardly, but he wasn't really good at confronting this particular problem. After all. It was his fault again that Bro died. If he hadn't been a complete idiot, this could have been avoided. But it was too late to change that, and who knows if the results would have been better or worst. But he wanted to make sure the other was alright. Of course, he lost track of these things when the bodyswap happened. He was too busy with his own crisis to keep up with anyone else. And dying again wasn't something he was too thrilled about. Though, despite it being relatively painful, it was surprisingly not as traumatic. It didn't bother him. Only that he definitely owed Vriska a proper apology. Seeing a bunch of dead hims that weren't technically him is never going to not be kind of unsettling and it probably sucked more for her.

But for now...

He's just going to peek into the room Bro was assigned too. Just a quick peek than he's going to abscond like he usually does.

Comments

[plushaeusrumpified]

"Mmh..." he murmurs, and after a few seconds he loosens his grip on Dave. But only slightly. Just enough so that he can start running his fingers up and down Dave's back in comforting motions. As the silence wears on, he's suddenly hit with a wave of tiredness. Maybe it's the fact that he just hasn't slept much lately, or just. Maybe it's he's emotionally exhausted. He really doesn't know, but all of a suddenly he can't stifle the yawn that escapes.

[knightime]

Dave had been fighting with tiredness the entire time, if Dave periodically trying to nod off was any indication. "Shit. Sorry. I can leave if you want to get some sleep or something." Because Dave is assuming that the other wants him gone than, and he's already making his way off the bed and to his feet to leave. Gotta let his Bro get some shut eye, right? And he's tired too, even if he's pretty sure he won't really get a good night's rest. He hasn't really for awhile.