[She just stays there, for a long time, her face pressed into the crook of his neck, her own shoulders shaking faintly, though whether it's from the culmination of stress and relief or just the tension of hold on to him so tightly is hard to guage.
She's his bad-luck charm, she thinks, his walking catch-22, his self-fulfilling prophecy. She breaks him whether she lives or dies, but for this Erik she was never born. Maybe that's the loophole, maybe they can be tangential family without either of them needing to be monsters. She realizes she's crying silently, hot tears trickling into his collar.]
[spam] NO ONE IN THIS FAMILY DOES IT'S A PROBLEM
She's his bad-luck charm, she thinks, his walking catch-22, his self-fulfilling prophecy. She breaks him whether she lives or dies, but for this Erik she was never born. Maybe that's the loophole, maybe they can be tangential family without either of them needing to be monsters. She realizes she's crying silently, hot tears trickling into his collar.]