Snippet #2360070

Brink Orpheus

Brink barely registered where he was when he entered Derrick's tent. Actually he was trapped in a horrible place between thoughts of what if and trying not to cry so really he did not realize until he felt a pair of arms wrap around him. Brink snapped out of his daze and wide eyed looked down at Derrick who was hugging him voluntarily, most of the time Brink had to tackle Nixie and force her into a hug which never ended well. Brink was frozen in place staring at the younger boy.

Brink blinked and barely heard Derrick say something before ushering Synthia and Moshe out of the tent... Synthia was alright though she did not look like she'd be performing any time soon. Or at least not with Brink's consent she wasn't! Confused and still on the verge of crying Brink was grateful when he could sit. His legs were shaking and tears were trying there best to escape. He looked over at Derrick before grabbing and pulling the younger boy into his lap and into a hug so he could bury his face into his shoulder and cry silently. He often did this with Nixie but as his cousin was no where to be found at the moment Brink was relying on Derrick... "E-Everything is fine... Everything... has to be fine..." Brink's voice was muffled and horrid due to the odd mix of crying and his face being pressed into Derrick's neck and shoulder.

Brink was probably going to be shaky for a few days thanks to this incident... After he'd lost his eye and his own friend due to a lack of safety precautions he'd nearly gone over the edge Nixie came into his life soon after that and beat him back into his senses with a mix of allowing him to care for her but also a literal beating of the frying pan to make him realize giving up would mean the end of his friends memory as well... But if Brink lost someone else even if they did not like him he'd still loose it again and he wasn't sure any amount of Nixie's frying pan beating would snap him out of it.