Any desire Max had to hurt Billy died when he did. Right now, that is the last thing she wants. Seeing him cry in the tiniest bit makes her chest ache.
Of course she saw through his facade, it's part of why she didn't want to tell him about Vecna, but now it's way too late to take that back. Max broke him.
"Well, there's normal levels of jerkiness, then there's breaking skateboards, baseball bats -" anything else she intends to say is broken off when Billy grabs her shoulders. It's her turn to flinch, for so many reasons. Her body tenses.
When Billy embraces her, it takes a second for her body to calm, and when he stays Billy, her arms lift around his waist to embarce him back. Max buries her face in Billy's chest and she breaks with silent tears, hidden away.
Max doesn't say it, how much it hurt when he died, how scared she is to die, to face Vecna again, to go back, but she lets herself feel it, cry, when the shock wears off. Just for a little while.
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Of course she saw through his facade, it's part of why she didn't want to tell him about Vecna, but now it's way too late to take that back. Max broke him.
"Well, there's normal levels of jerkiness, then there's breaking skateboards, baseball bats -" anything else she intends to say is broken off when Billy grabs her shoulders. It's her turn to flinch, for so many reasons. Her body tenses.
When Billy embraces her, it takes a second for her body to calm, and when he stays Billy, her arms lift around his waist to embarce him back. Max buries her face in Billy's chest and she breaks with silent tears, hidden away.
Max doesn't say it, how much it hurt when he died, how scared she is to die, to face Vecna again, to go back, but she lets herself feel it, cry, when the shock wears off. Just for a little while.