4nimenut: …Because Akira was shaking, he saw, even more so than Yusuke himself was. There was a fear
4nimenut: …Because Akira was shaking, he saw, even more so than Yusuke himself was. There was a fear in his eyes that Yusuke had never seen before, and he found himself wondering just how much of ‘Joker’ had been sheer bravado before he moved, slowly and gently, to embrace Akira.At first, he was stiff in Yusuke’s arms, and he forced himself not to think on how long it must have been since the boy in his arms was hugged. Too long, no doubt.But eventually, Akira relaxed, arms coming up hesitantly to return the hug and a hitch in his breath as he buried his face in Yusuke’s shoulder and just cried.“I don’t want to do this,” he whispered, and Yusuke closed his eyes. “But I have to.” His voice was choked up, and Yusuke breathed in shakily.…second part of my contribution for @shukita-big-bang! thank you for the opportunity ^^this accompanies the above extract from @memoriesofpurelight‘s fic, 「The Course Of A Year」, which you can find here ♡ -- source link