[His voice is a soft murmur, mirroring Ronan's words. He shuts his eyes, though he's unlikely to fall asleep anytime soon. He just wants to shut out everything else, to focus only on this.]
I won't leave. You aren't going to be alone.
[Adam promises that even though he knows it might be beyond his power. He knows Gansey would likely have chosen to stay, if he could, because they were all here. There's no reason to think things would be any different for Adam. But he's stubborn, he always has been, stubborn and driven and so very determined. If there's any possible way for him to stay with Ronan, he will.
There's more he should say. He should say that it isn't Ronan's job to protect him, that it isn't his job to protect all of them. That it doesn't lay solely on Ronan's shoulders, that Adam will do everything he can to protect Ronan and Noah and even Henry. He knows Ronan probably needs to hear that, but right now he can barely even pull himself together to offer this much comfort. How can he protect anyone?
But he will. It's not Ronan's responsibility. It shouldn't be. Gansey asked Adam to hold them together, and so Adam will find a way, and he'll find a way to make Ronan stop blaming himself, and he'll find a way to protect them all.
no subject
[His voice is a soft murmur, mirroring Ronan's words. He shuts his eyes, though he's unlikely to fall asleep anytime soon. He just wants to shut out everything else, to focus only on this.]
I won't leave. You aren't going to be alone.
[Adam promises that even though he knows it might be beyond his power. He knows Gansey would likely have chosen to stay, if he could, because they were all here. There's no reason to think things would be any different for Adam. But he's stubborn, he always has been, stubborn and driven and so very determined. If there's any possible way for him to stay with Ronan, he will.
There's more he should say. He should say that it isn't Ronan's job to protect him, that it isn't his job to protect all of them. That it doesn't lay solely on Ronan's shoulders, that Adam will do everything he can to protect Ronan and Noah and even Henry. He knows Ronan probably needs to hear that, but right now he can barely even pull himself together to offer this much comfort. How can he protect anyone?
But he will. It's not Ronan's responsibility. It shouldn't be. Gansey asked Adam to hold them together, and so Adam will find a way, and he'll find a way to make Ronan stop blaming himself, and he'll find a way to protect them all.
It's probably impossible. He'll try anyway.]
I'll keep you safe.