Ksenia & Bryan
Bryan nodded softly as she said the name. her voice was quiet, almost as if she was afraid if she said it too loud he would hear her. His dark eyes glanced quickly at her hand as she traced small circles on the back of his hand. it was an intimate gesture but one he most certainly didn't mind. In fact, it distracted him long enough to keep him from prompting her for more. something it appeared he didn't has to do.
"Well I had assumed considering your friendship with Nadya," he replied matcher her attempt at a tease. It was true he hadn't looked her up and he and Killa had done with the girl Killa had been obsessing over but Gold medalist tended to hand around gold medalist right? birds of a feather and shit? Bryan let her talk, explaining in pieces what had happened. It wasn't until she tugged at her hair that he moved at all. His free hand moved to pull her hand away from her hair. He didn't want her to hurt herself. He was perfectly ok just letting her talk through her thoughts, her grief. At least until the images started.
The images flashing through his mind seemed to come out of nowhere. it was like a flipbook horror story in his mind bu the pictures were out of order. and then they were gone. There was a touch of concern and confusion all over his face as his dark eyes found hers again. What on earth was that?! Ksenia was answering before he could ask. He leaned into her taking her hand back. He wasn't going to let her pull completely away out of fear. what purpose would that have?
"Well I would never use the word hag to describe you," he said without missing a beat. Sure it was possible that the timing wasn't great for flirting but he never missed the opportunity. Bryan turned her hand over in his as if looking to see if she was actually hurt. He looked back to her eyes.
"Nightmares are hard to vanquish. Sometimes the only you can do is take the time it needs to fade," he told her as his hand moved to brush the tears away from her cheek, "Other times it means a lot of really heavy and sucky ass therapy and building a nice strong box for it." He shrugged slightly. "Feeling something else though, now that's my strategic. I can help with that," he told her before he leaned in to kiss her.