[ it's almost worse, seeing it play out on the other's face, rather than feeling it himself. worse, because it is someone else feeling it. he doesn't want to focus on what it was like in the moment, but he also doesn't want to see the other boy struggle with it himself.
it's almost like he can't watch it, like he's seeing something private, but then he's reaching for his mask and rob's eyes go wide again.
oh. oh. it's...weird. whelming, in more ways than he thought possible. like looking into a mirror without realizing there's a mirror there - awkward, tense. his eyes stay wide for a moment, breath caught in his chest, but it's-
it's true.
another moment or two pass before rob feels his chest start to work again, his brain screaming don't be freaked out this happens here but his body unable to move. another moment, then another two, before he swallows. nods. okay
he hasn't taken his mask off since he got here. almost a year, and he's always managed to keep it on - even around his friends, even around wally - who knew his identity - and all the other's who knew through haven's weird info dumping. it had been his one real link back home, but in watching him pull off his mask, rob feels his stomach turn.
he reaches up, peeling the mask off from his eyes. dick had been the first one to offer it up, and now rob is matching him. ]
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it's almost like he can't watch it, like he's seeing something private, but then he's reaching for his mask and rob's eyes go wide again.
oh. oh. it's...weird. whelming, in more ways than he thought possible. like looking into a mirror without realizing there's a mirror there - awkward, tense. his eyes stay wide for a moment, breath caught in his chest, but it's-
it's true.
another moment or two pass before rob feels his chest start to work again, his brain screaming don't be freaked out this happens here but his body unable to move. another moment, then another two, before he swallows. nods. okay
he hasn't taken his mask off since he got here. almost a year, and he's always managed to keep it on - even around his friends, even around wally - who knew his identity - and all the other's who knew through haven's weird info dumping. it had been his one real link back home, but in watching him pull off his mask, rob feels his stomach turn.
he reaches up, peeling the mask off from his eyes. dick had been the first one to offer it up, and now rob is matching him. ]