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[bigboyvibes]

Yeah.

[Steve keeps his arms wrapped around her gently. Chin lightly resting along her head.

They were going to be okay, right? They had to be. ]

[yesdingus]

[She lets her eyes close, realizing that the ringing in her ear has been replaced by the sound of his heartbeat, strong and steady. Oh.]

[bigboyvibes]

[Steve can't help that he's a natural protector. He's been protecting those little assholes for awhile now and Robin is a member of their little chaotic group.

Of course he's going to protect her too. ]

[yesdingus]

[After another moment, she reluctantly pulls away to look at him.]

You don't seem freaked out. [She's not sure what to make of that part.]

[bigboyvibes]

I was more worried.

[The whole being freaked out vanished the very second he thought something was seriously wrong with her. ]

[yesdingus]

[Robin hesitates.]

I meant - now. You hugged me voluntarily even though you knew... [Her voice trails off.] It still freaks Melissa and Richard out.

[bigboyvibes]

You looked upset?

[And he wanted her to not be. ]

Those your parents?

[yesdingus]

I kinda wasn't sure you still wanted to be my friend.

[But she nods at the question.]

Yeah. Sometimes they'd rather me call them by their names than Mom and Dad. Probably because I'm not really their kid, I guess?

[bigboyvibes]

Why not?

[He nods slightly about the comment directed towards her parents.]

That's kinda shitty.

[yesdingus]

I guess I thought when you found out that I'm kind of a freak it might scare you off.

[She shrugs a little, though.]

They're not bad people. I think they love me? They're just...march to the beat of their own drum.

[bigboyvibes]

You do remember what we just went through, right? This town isn't fucking normal.

[He nods a little again. ]

Parents are assholes.

[yesdingus]

[She hasn't even begun processing the fact that monsters exist yet. That is going to take some time. But.]

Yeah, but are you just super excited for the next round of monsters and weird?

[That is her point.]

[bigboyvibes]

I wish it would all end if I was being honest. Hopefully it's over.

[yesdingus]

Yeah. Yeah, hopefully. [She exhaled, then looked back at the table still full of food.] I'm kinda still hungry.

[bigboyvibes]

Well, I did make breakfast for a reason.

[Considering Robin had been out of it for what seemed like forever.]

[yesdingus]

[She offered him a wan smile at that.]

Valid point.

[She moved to sit back down at the table, feeling a little more secure about things at the moment.]

[bigboyvibes]

You should eat.

[yesdingus]

We probably both should. [Because she's pretty sure she'd eaten more than him and that hadn't been much.]

[bigboyvibes]

I'm not really all that hungry.

[yesdingus]

You made a lot of food.

[Which she knows she can't eat all by herself. Not by a long shot. But she looks up at him curiously.]

[bigboyvibes]

Yeeaah.

[He must have been stressed cooking?]

I've always really liked breakfast.

[yesdingus]

[There's certainly been enough stress to go around a few blocks.]

Me too. [She tucks into the eggs, bringing one of her legs up into the chair and resting her chin on her knee, still more tired than she'd like to be after having been unconscious for that long.]

Do you cook a lot?

[bigboyvibes]

It depends.

[He gives a small shrug as he reaches for a few pieces of bacon. ]

I don't really mind it though.

[yesdingus]

[She considers that.]

I do most of the cooking at my house.

[bigboyvibes]

Yeah?

[He glances up for a second. ]