[Some other man - some other boy - would take this opportunity, this opening, to close the space between them, to wrap his arms around Bruno and hold him close, to ascertain the realness of him and to take comfort in his presence. To allow him, too, to take comfort, to share safety between them, to physically cement the reuniting of a family.]
[But Giorno is not a boy anymore, and he's not a man; he's a don, and even here, far away from Passione, he must at least try to stay composed. That and he isn't sure Bruno would be comfortable with such an approach. He never was terribly physically affectionate, even after they learned to trust either other with their lives, so maybe - maybe it's better to leave the space of the table between them, a buffer for impulsiveness, something to keep them both safe.]
[Still, he reaches across the table until his fingers touch the precise middle, where a container of sugar marks the division between his half and Bruno's. He is there, if touch is needed or wanted. If it isn't, he'll still be there.]
[He doesn't want to be alone.]
Nowhere else. We stick together. Here as anywhere else.
[Always, all of them, but him and Bruno most of all. They have saved each other too many times - even the time that it didn't work. They've made each other's dreams come true. And now it's Giorno's job to protect Bruno's family - and he can't. He's here instead.]
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[But Giorno is not a boy anymore, and he's not a man; he's a don, and even here, far away from Passione, he must at least try to stay composed. That and he isn't sure Bruno would be comfortable with such an approach. He never was terribly physically affectionate, even after they learned to trust either other with their lives, so maybe - maybe it's better to leave the space of the table between them, a buffer for impulsiveness, something to keep them both safe.]
[Still, he reaches across the table until his fingers touch the precise middle, where a container of sugar marks the division between his half and Bruno's. He is there, if touch is needed or wanted. If it isn't, he'll still be there.]
[He doesn't want to be alone.]
Nowhere else. We stick together. Here as anywhere else.
[Always, all of them, but him and Bruno most of all. They have saved each other too many times - even the time that it didn't work. They've made each other's dreams come true. And now it's Giorno's job to protect Bruno's family - and he can't. He's here instead.]
[It tastes frustratingly like failure.]