No. [ Lightning shakes her head, but then realizes how blunt that probably sounds, quickly amending a softer: ] Don't apologize.
[ She sighs quietly as she returns the gesture, despite the awkwardness in trying to kneel and embrace someone at the same time; this time it's her who idly spends their time stroking the other's hair, feeling a touch uncomfortable considering she's far from used to this sort of thing, but willing to endure it all the same.
Of course, it only takes a few moments for the practical side of her to start providing options for how things are going to change from now on; the shifting of daily responsibilities around the house had been tough to rearrange when Hope had gone home, but with one of the adults now absent as well and only the two of them left... it was going to be different for sure. ]
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[ She sighs quietly as she returns the gesture, despite the awkwardness in trying to kneel and embrace someone at the same time; this time it's her who idly spends their time stroking the other's hair, feeling a touch uncomfortable considering she's far from used to this sort of thing, but willing to endure it all the same.
Of course, it only takes a few moments for the practical side of her to start providing options for how things are going to change from now on; the shifting of daily responsibilities around the house had been tough to rearrange when Hope had gone home, but with one of the adults now absent as well and only the two of them left... it was going to be different for sure. ]