[Gilbert doesn't answer either. Everything about this moment is too stressful, too much of a strain to speak a word of truth that he doesn't believe he'll regret. For all they'd seen, all levels of emotional and physical turmoil that they'd both experienced, to speak it out loud wouldn't lessen any of it, and would only serve to burden everyone else to hear it.
He catches Oz's movements by feeling his arms move beneath his hands before he sees it for himself, but as soon as he catches sight of what the young man is doing, he immediately jerks his hands away. A protest stays silent on his tongue as he watches, certain that Oz has to be right, Break has to be wrong, and the world has to make some sense right now.
Except that another hour is filled in that Gilbert hadn't expected, and he still has absolutely no idea what to say. Heart sinking into his nervous stomach, he steps around to face Oz directly, drops to one knee and reaches up to push the shirt aside with his own hand. His silence should be answer enough to Break.]
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He catches Oz's movements by feeling his arms move beneath his hands before he sees it for himself, but as soon as he catches sight of what the young man is doing, he immediately jerks his hands away. A protest stays silent on his tongue as he watches, certain that Oz has to be right, Break has to be wrong, and the world has to make some sense right now.
Except that another hour is filled in that Gilbert hadn't expected, and he still has absolutely no idea what to say. Heart sinking into his nervous stomach, he steps around to face Oz directly, drops to one knee and reaches up to push the shirt aside with his own hand. His silence should be answer enough to Break.]