#look ok shiro in ow verse has way less pressure on him to constantly keep it together

[norikiru-blog]

latches his arms around shiro's torso and gives him a little smooch on the forehead. dad's here. it's gonna be okay.

   ⇥  @walcure

  he doesn’t know how to respond. hugs aren’t terribly UNCOMMON, fortunately, but they are most commonly initiated by him, and only come to him in his moments of distress on very rare occasions. of course, the latter isn’t because he doesn’t have people in his life who wouldn’t OFFER him their affection in his rough moments, rather it’s because he has a tendency to ISOLATE during those times. the last thing he wants is for anyone to see him like that and worry about him.

elias, however, has a knack for finding him in these moments. he… wants to be there. wants to HELP. admittedly, it had been something shiro had fought against at first, but it had quickly grown more and more difficult and, really, it’s… hard to DENY that having caring company and non-judgmental comfort is nice. and, if he were to be ENTIRELY honest, he feels… safe with elias.

even now though, he tries to FIGHT against the brewing emotions and intrusive thoughts, tries to fight the instinct to cling to elias for comfort. there’s an inherent feeling of need to appear STRONG and PUT-TOGETHER, to look as though he isn’t too damaged and BROKEN to be an overwatch agent. the soft kiss to his forehead, however, is enough to snap the last of the string that has been holding him together.

jaw clenching, shiro shuts his eyes tight and wraps his own arms around the doctor’s shoulders, moving closer to lean his body against elias’. face BURYING somewhere in the crook of elias’ shoulder and neck, shiro grips securely at whatever his hands can get a hold on and exhales a shaking breath.this isn’t the first time the other has seen him in such a state, and he’s sure it won’t be THE LAST — something that, in spite of his previous attempts to change the fact, he is immensely grateful for.