[ it's such a simple question, and yet for a moment, law is paralyzed. he never once thought this would happen — but now that it is, he knows with absolute clarity that everything he's done, everything he lived for... it's not what cora would have wanted.
and the thought that he might have disappointed him, the thought of looking at him and telling him it took him thirteen years to free dressrosa and even then it wasn't really him who did it —
don't try to find reasons for somebody's love, says the former fleet admiral's voice in his head, and law moves away from the door before he's even realized it. ]
... yeah.
[ because, in the end... it doesn't matter if cora is angry with him, or disappointed, or any number of things. because he's here.
(he doesn't get off the floor, only moving back enough to let the door open. he does, however, brush his sleeve over his face, quickly rubbing over his eyes.) ]
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and the thought that he might have disappointed him, the thought of looking at him and telling him it took him thirteen years to free dressrosa and even then it wasn't really him who did it —
don't try to find reasons for somebody's love, says the former fleet admiral's voice in his head, and law moves away from the door before he's even realized it. ]
... yeah.
[ because, in the end... it doesn't matter if cora is angry with him, or disappointed, or any number of things. because he's here.
(he doesn't get off the floor, only moving back enough to let the door open. he does, however, brush his sleeve over his face, quickly rubbing over his eyes.) ]