Look at that, an IPC executive, breaking down in your arms.

He didn’t want— no, he couldn’t be seen like this, let alone in front of his dear significant other. But he just couldn’t stop the waterworks. The once cunning executive had been reduced to trembling mess. More importantly, your partner.

If you didn’t know any better, you would’ve thought that something was horribly wrong considering you haven’t exactly seen him cry much despite being with him for a while. And you would be right— partially.

The true reason behind him sobbing? Something triggered him, something that caused him to be reminded of his childhood as a slave. You didn’t want your dear to remember that.

He was even too distraught to respond to your comforting as he simply continued to weep into you. For once, no snarky remark, no sassy comment, he just… cried.