[he doesn't react--to much of anything. He's too pulled apart. It'll take him a minute.
The need to feel whole and contained is still there. And he's cold. So, he manages to pull the blanket more tightly around himself once Robin steps away, like a cocoon--that wrapped up feeling the closest he can get.
It helps, a little. By the time Robin comes back, he'll still be teary-eyed, but the hiccups will have stopped. He'll be able to hold his head up enough to be waiting with look for him-- searching and guarded. Whatever words might have been attached to it if he'd been able to used them, he's looking for something]
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The need to feel whole and contained is still there. And he's cold. So, he manages to pull the blanket more tightly around himself once Robin steps away, like a cocoon--that wrapped up feeling the closest he can get.
It helps, a little. By the time Robin comes back, he'll still be teary-eyed, but the hiccups will have stopped. He'll be able to hold his head up enough to be waiting with look for him-- searching and guarded. Whatever words might have been attached to it if he'd been able to used them, he's looking for something]