seestheman: (If I lose everything in the fire)
Clara Murphy ([personal profile] seestheman) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol 2015-01-21 09:18 am (UTC)

Clara knows a lot of the tricks to hide the fact that someone's crying. Hell, she's perfected put them into practice at home so David, or her mother, or Jack, or any well wishers who tried to comfort her, or any of the cameras that began to hound her and her son wouldn't see her at her most vulnerable. She understands that Dave feels like he needs to hide his sorrow.

Instead, she chooses not to let him. She can't be sure if it's out of a maternal fear that he'll drown in his hurt or that she's hurting too and just wants to cling to someone who understands, but she gently pulls him off of the chair's arm into her lap before she reaches out to cup his cheek with her flesh and blood hand. She looks on the verge of crying, as much as she doesn't want to do so in front of him.

"We both know that isn't true. There's no shame in mourning a loss," she says as she gently rubs at his cheek with her fingers. "You shouldn't hide from these things, it'll only make it hurt more."

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