[ he knows he shouldn't have been. not when the jedi had been peacekeepers; when he hadn't done anything wrong by wanting to survive and hiding.
the touch makes him flinch but-- well, cal hasn't been hugged in a long time. not often, not when he's upset. normally, at that point, it's time to fight and to hold it together so that he can distract the danger from everyone else. that's his job now.
so he leans into jake, tucks his chin into his own shoulder and that arm holding him steady as they fly above the world. ] I'm a Jedi.
I'm--- I haven't been a kid in a long time. [ which hurts to say but that's the truth of it too and he doesn't know anything else either. ]
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the touch makes him flinch but-- well, cal hasn't been hugged in a long time. not often, not when he's upset. normally, at that point, it's time to fight and to hold it together so that he can distract the danger from everyone else. that's his job now.
so he leans into jake, tucks his chin into his own shoulder and that arm holding him steady as they fly above the world. ] I'm a Jedi.
I'm--- I haven't been a kid in a long time. [ which hurts to say but that's the truth of it too and he doesn't know anything else either. ]