For someone who acts all high and mighty Higgs Monaghan is precariously fragile.

You learn how easy it is to damage him. You left him one day, without any explanation or any warning. You didn’t mean to, but you did.

When you came back he was upset; he had the right to be. Yet what surprised you the most was how easy it was to soothe his pain.

A mere touch.

The man was broken, you knew that very well. You used it to your advantage, but you never anticipated how damaged he is.

Your hand cupped his cheek, your thumb rubbing circles into the apple of his cheek. He cried. The man who was so hellbent on ruining your life mere seconds ago crumbled.

“Honey, that’s cheatin’—you’re cheatin’…” he whimpered, his tears burned hot against his skin

“It’s not that easy to change my mind, darlin’. It ain’t” he sounds like he was convincing himself more than telling you.

“Where have you been huh?” he falters, and the empty threats he spews dissipate into thin air. yet his tone still as venomous as before. he’s mad, yet he can’t help the tears to escape.