[That little wobble in the kid's voice gets Hank rubbing circles in the back of his shoulder again, and he tries for a little smile. It comes out twitchy and doesn't last long, but it probably wasn't scary like his last try at smiling was, so hey. That's fine.]
Don't worry about me. You just focus on crying if you gotta cry, okay? It's alright. Nothing wrong with it.
[Says the biggest hypocrite this side of the multiverse, without even the smallest hint of irony. Telling Izuku to feel his feelings feels like helping him maybe, in some small way, kind of deal with some of this shit, and that's what Hank's focusing on.]
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[That little wobble in the kid's voice gets Hank rubbing circles in the back of his shoulder again, and he tries for a little smile. It comes out twitchy and doesn't last long, but it probably wasn't scary like his last try at smiling was, so hey. That's fine.]
Don't worry about me. You just focus on crying if you gotta cry, okay? It's alright. Nothing wrong with it.
[Says the biggest hypocrite this side of the multiverse, without even the smallest hint of irony. Telling Izuku to feel his feelings feels like helping him maybe, in some small way, kind of deal with some of this shit, and that's what Hank's focusing on.]