onapalehorsexx:

[smiles softly and opens his arms] I’ve been known to throw out the occasional bit of good advice. Hugs are always welcome. I’m made for comfort after all.

[hugs him tightly] Yes, you are. You’re wonderful.

onapalehorsexx:

[steps closer to her, trying not to crowd her but tempted to put an arm around her] Fear is only temporary. It can’t last forever unless you let it. Though if you want you can try to befriend Phobos. He’s still young with a temper but you could probably do it.

That’s…really good advice. It’s lasted almost five months. That feels like forever. [rubs her face and looks up at him with a tiny smile, setting the mugs of tea on the counter] Probably not that long in the grand scheme of things.

Can I give you a hug, Than?

onapalehorsexx:

Phobos is the personification of fear. Phobos and Deimos are fear and terror. They’re not as nice as me but they’re rather young. [looks over at her to try and meet her eyes] Why?

[meets his eyes for a split second and looks away] …A lot of really scary stuff happened to me when I first started working at SHIELD. I tried to ignore it and pretend it didn’t happen, but that made me more scared. [swallows hard and pours the hot water into mugs for tea]

If I’m going to be scared all the time no matter what I do, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad thing to be friendly with Fear.

onapalehorsexx:

assistantofevil:

…Tea does sound nice. Should I pour for two? [picks at her nail polish and smiles as she puts the kettle on] Than, can I ask you kind of a weird question? Nothing bad, I promise.

I could use a cup too. [smiles softly] I’ll try to answer the best I can. What do you want to ask me?

Is there a god of fear? Do you know one? [looks down at the mugs and rummages through the tea bags, not quite meeting his eyes] You turned out to be really nice, and now I’m not afraid of you. Or what you do.

…if the god of fear was as nice as you, maybe I wouldn’t be as scared all the time.

onapalehorsexx:

Sounds like you could use a cup of tea. [shrugs] I’ve been well. As is Pathos. I haven’t spoken to him lately to see how he is, he recently learned something about his childhood and I want to know if he’s okay with it. The boys are as mischievous as ever.

…Tea does sound nice. Should I pour for two? [picks at her nail polish and smiles as she puts the kettle on] Than, can I ask you kind of a weird question? Nothing bad, I promise.