─ ⊹ ⊱”hiding the tears in my eyes cause, boys dont cry”⊰ ⊹ ─

you and henry have known eachother since diapers, attached at the hip ever since, you being the only person henry has never purposely uttered a sentence that was even the tiniest bit rude to

you and the bowers gang are hanging out at henrys house, the normal teasing banter when his dad asks him to clean his gun while hes at work, henry takes this as a chance to use the gun to shoot some glass bottles outside

fast forward a few minutes and you all are outside, watching henry practice his aim and after about half an hour his dad walks up and asks him what he was doing

“you cleaning my gun huh?”

his dad walks up to him as henry looks down at the ground

“dad..”

his dad yells and everyone flinches, his dad takes the gun and walks away, making everyone think he was done with henry and letting their guard down, until he shoots the ground by henrys feet, making henry cover his face with his hands, trembling like a leaf in the autumn wind

“nothing like a little fear to make a paper man crumble.”

his dad states before walking away, henry continues to stand, shaking with his hands covering his face still, holding back tears