[A little encouragement went a long way, as far as Kavinsky was concerned. No one had ever encouraged him to get better at dreaming; he'd done it out of spite, to make something of himself so he wouldn't just be a loser. Some people probably still thought he was a loser anyway, but they could go fuck themselves. He lived his life the way he wanted to, the way that made him happy.
Smiling, he cupped the side of Ronan's face in his hand for a brief moment before sliding his hand around to the back of his neck, giving him a friendly squeeze.]
You can do whatever you put your mind to.
[Even if he needed a little help with it sometimes. There was nothing wrong with that. Some people thought asking for help was a weakness, but sometimes you just couldn't do something on your own. Everyone learned from somewhere.
Looking back down at the petal, he sniffed it, looked up again. He held Ronan's gaze and put the petal on his own tongue. Never mind that a second ago he'd been about to say something about how they should save those petals and now he was eating one, but. It was from Ronan's head and so it was like a piece of him. It wasn't much different than taking the dream pills as far as eating dreams went, but there was something that felt different about this.]
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Smiling, he cupped the side of Ronan's face in his hand for a brief moment before sliding his hand around to the back of his neck, giving him a friendly squeeze.]
You can do whatever you put your mind to.
[Even if he needed a little help with it sometimes. There was nothing wrong with that. Some people thought asking for help was a weakness, but sometimes you just couldn't do something on your own. Everyone learned from somewhere.
Looking back down at the petal, he sniffed it, looked up again. He held Ronan's gaze and put the petal on his own tongue. Never mind that a second ago he'd been about to say something about how they should save those petals and now he was eating one, but. It was from Ronan's head and so it was like a piece of him. It wasn't much different than taking the dream pills as far as eating dreams went, but there was something that felt different about this.]