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They React To You Flinching At Something They Did

•"Y/n!" She called. After nothing, she got you, and opened the door. "Y/n!"

•You turned your head, and she gestured for you to come to her. You did so, and apologized.

•"Sorry, I didn't meant to interrupt."

•"You didn't interrupt." She said, hugging you. "I'm not mad at you, it was just some idiot on the phone."

•She kisses your forehead

Octavia 

•She threw something—it wasn't at you, or in your direction, but you still flinched when it made impact. She apologized as soon as she saw you flinch, and promised she'd never do that again

•Asks if you want to talk about it

•She understands if you don't but she would like to keep you company

•You knew she didn't mean anything, and you trusted her, so the two of you ended up just sitting in her room for a while, listening to music and talking about life

Fizzaroli

•He swung his arms really fast, you only saw them in the corner of your eye, and you flinched away

•He automatically stopped what he was doing and approaches you slowly 

•"Someone hurt you, didn't they?" he asks, sadly

•He listens while you talk about it, feeling extremely guilty for making you feel scared

•"I promise never to do that again, okay?" 

•Kisses your forehead afterwards

Striker

•Really doesn't loose his temper often, and seldom does he shout at you—he can take his anger out on other things, but being an assassin, he has to keep an even temper. But one day was particularly rough, and after a tense on his end, furious on the other phone call, he took it out on a bottle.

•He threw it down, swearing. You flinched and backed away from him.

•He sighed, looking down at the mess.

•"Sweetie, go get me a broom."

•You quickly did this.

•"Not too close now." He warned as you approached the glass. You nodded, leaning to hand him the broom. He quickly swept it into a pile—luckily it was empty, so you didn't need to get a towel.

•"C'mere." He said, leading you away from the room. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I barely got close to any of the shards."

"You think I didn't see you flinch, huh? Is there a reason why you did that?"

•You told him why, and he wrapped you up in a hug, apologizing

Verosika

•"Are you—are you scared of me?" She seemed genuinely taken aback, she never thought you would be scared of her

•She brings you flowers and gifts a lot after that and tries her best to completely avoid the situation that made you flinch in the first place

•If someone else does something similar to what she did, she makes sure you're okay, and offers to take you somewhere else away from them

•She goes ballistic on them later, though, no one is allowed to hurt you. Ever

Crimson

•He was shouting at you, and raised his hand. You flinched away, which seemed to make him more angry. He glared at you when you moved away from him.

•"Did you just flinch? Don't you fucking flinch, you come here and finish what you started."

Chaz 

•Sorry, I can't imagine Chaz really yelling at you for anything. One time, though, he got a little rowdy, and the way he swung his arms made you flinch.

•He was telling a story, but you suddenly lost track of it—your attention instead focusing on his arms and body language. He looked at you smiling, and you knew that was your cue to laugh, so you did. Except, it didn't come out as a laugh, it came out as a forced chuckle. His smile dropped.

•"Hey, are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine?"

"Are you sure?"

•You nodded. "Yeah, it's just...you moved your arm a little too close to my face and almost hit me."

•His eyes widened. "Oh, Satan, I am so sorry." He pulled you into a hug. "I would never hurt you, y/n. Never. Well...not on purpose apparently." He chuckled. 

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