[CON] here comes goodbye.

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus suddenly felt like nothing more than a failure. Connor was being cold; that was enough to tell him he'd fucked up. Perseus carefully stood up, taking special precautions not to drop Connor's head on the floor. He walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He didn't know where he was going. All he knew was he was tired of crying. It was just making his head hurt all over again.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor frowned, sitting up shakily. He pulled himself to his feet.
"Bubba-"
A glance her way, then at Jordan who had relaxed in Deacon's arms but was staring at the floor.
Connor huffed, giving up on his nose and catching Perseus breathlessly down the hall, pulling him in for a deep his, tears falling down his cheeks.

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus was shocked by the kiss, but more shocked that Connor had followed him. He'd thought for sure he was too hurt to do anything. He didn't seem to be in the mood for running after anyone. But all that aside, Perseus reached up, cupping Connor's face into his hands as he kissed him back just as deeply. "I'm sorry.." He breathed, then pressed another gentle kiss to his lips. "I don't think any of that.." And another kiss was given to him before he wrapped his arms around the boy.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor slumped against him when arms wrapped around him. "S'ok-kay..I'm u-used to hearingthat shit.." He admitted. "I just-.. I h-hoped I could h-have a fresh start here. Guess n-not." He coughed, hugging him close. "I n-need to sit.." He finally mumbled dizzily.

[perseus james rudman]

"I don't know where he gets that from.. You seem like a normal person to me." He said quietly. The only thing he saw different about Connor was the fact he was starving himself. But that didn't constitute being called a whore by any means. He pulled the boy gently to the wall, sitting down carefully. "We'll sit here. It's okay." He said quietly. He leaned against the wall, wringing his hands together.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor slid down, drawing his knees up and placing his head between them with soft breaths until his head stopped spinning as bad. He finally rested his head on Perseus' shoulder, blue eyes closing. "H-he gets it bec-cause..maybe it was tr-rue.. But I'm ti-ired of it."

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus gently rested his hand on the boy's knee. He liked having someone so close to him. It was nice, someone besides family there to lean on him. He closed his eyes, slowly running his fingers over the inside of Connor's knee. "Well. True or not, it doesn't matter to me. Everybody makes mistakes. We just learn from them."

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor relaxed at the tuch, the words. It was nice, having somebody who didn't care about any of it, wjo barely even knew him. He foundbhimself drifting against the other male, a sigh passing his lips, wings relaxing.

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus looked over at the boy, knowing he couldn't carry him back to the room. But he was fine with sitting here with him while he slept. He gently wrapped an arm around him, pulling the boy a little closer to him. He closed his eyes, resting his chin on top of the boy's head.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor's lips parted, soft breaths escaping him. But he trembled unknowingly with each one, curling close to the body warmth of Perseus. He wasn't asleep long though before dreams had him jolting awake. He stretched some, groaning in complaint to himself. "We sh-..we should getb-back.." He breathed sleepily.

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus hugged him closer as the boy jumped. He wasn't sure what was wrong. He nodded at the suggestion, carefully standing up. He held out his hand to the boy, helping him up. He held tightly to his hand, walking slowly back to the room. "I hope my brother left by now.." He said quietly, thinking back to the kiss Connor had just give him.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor struggled to his feet, walking slowly. He felt ready to collapse and sleep wherever he dropped. He nodded slowly, reaching to open the door. He didn't look up to see if anyone was intthe room, just walked in.

[perseus james rudman]

Perseus followed him in, mentaly groaning when he saw his brother. Deacon explained he couldn't just leave the little girl alone, and PJ nodded quietly. He knew if he opened his mouth he'd just start crying or screaming. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything I said.." Deacon said quietly to the both of them.

[connor crayze sykes]

Connor raised his head, tired eyes. But it wasn't just lack of sleep. He was so tired of being told off, treated like trash, he was done trying. They could do what they wanted. He'd had worse, right? So he just nodded. "S'okay.." He murmured, even if it wasn't. Connor forgave too easy when he had been hurt too much. He pulled his shirt off carefully, every bone visible, every scar. And anasty bruising forming over the incave of his thin abdomen. He couldn't remember if he had been hit there, frowning at the tender area. But Connor wasn'ta doctor, to him bruises were bruises. He looked away from the siblings in shame, sittingon the bed and reaching to rub Christy's back.

[perseus james rudman]

Deacon walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Perseus sat at Connor's feet, looking down at the floor. He didn't want to be too far away from him, not after he'd had a seizure. "You're gonna get better, okay? No matter what it takes. I'm not gonna watch you die." He told him quietly, looking up at the boy. He finally had something that he adored with this boy, no matter how little he knew about him. What he did know was that he wanted this, and he didn't want to lose it.