For Damian, there were times when he felt like no one would stay with him, who would stay with someone as broken and unstable as him? But, you were an “I'll stay” that you didn't need to say.

“I'm sorry, am I being a bother?”

Damian asked in a light murmur, his face hidden in your lap, refusing to be seen in such a vulnerable state, the same reason the lights in his room were off.

It had been a pretty hard day for him, one of those days when his stress and frustration overloaded him.