[ yang won't press for every painful moment in those five years. it's not her place to press for details about what blake has been through. but the almost imperceptible scripts and triggers of her partner are more than enough to fill in the broad strokes.

(how she freezes at loud noises, especially raised voices. how her ears tilt back in distress when hearing the word "darling", even in passing. how she braces herself for blows that never come and seems confused at the overabundance of love she receives rather than pain.) ]

'm glad. [ a beat as yang draws her closer and places a kiss to her temple. ] You mentioned that he changed when you were both in the White Fang. That he starting hurting people and saying it was just "accidents".

[ the memory of blake's barely hidden fear when asking yang to swear she hadn't hurt mercury on purpose serves as reminder to never be the cause of that look ever again. ]

Was that the reason why you left?