Damn that actually felt so satisfying Because yesss, he's lived ages thinking about what he's done and feeling proper remorse and he got to have his cake and be close to him and be his brother He could see him happy and carefree again, unlike how things ended up between them last time And then he put distance between them himself as they grew up, not being overly clingy or using his relationship to him as an excuse or even his ignorance or lack of memories, which feels really respectful imo And now that all the memories are back, he expressed his desire to see him occasionally, but accepted the rejection and walked away and respected the boundaries that were set He learned, he grew, and actually changed to be a better (and knows he isn't owed shit despite all of the above) (This all goes out the window tho if he does even a single thing to indicate he still plans to breach boundaries, but it didn't feel like that at all)
Damn that actually felt so satisfying
Because yesss, he's lived ages thinking about what he's done and feeling proper remorse and he got to have his cake and be close to him and be his brother
He could see him happy and carefree again, unlike how things ended up between them last time
And then he put distance between them himself as they grew up, not being overly clingy or using his relationship to him as an excuse or even his ignorance or lack of memories, which feels really respectful imo
And now that all the memories are back, he expressed his desire to see him occasionally, but accepted the rejection and walked away and respected the boundaries that were set
He learned, he grew, and actually changed to be a better (and knows he isn't owed shit despite all of the above)
(This all goes out the window tho if he does even a single thing to indicate he still plans to breach boundaries, but it didn't feel like that at all)