Brent avoided emotions, but he did not entirely know why until Axel made it clear for him. He never half-assed anything. If Brent started something, he went all the way through with it because he feels that living any other way was pointless. If he allowed himself to feel- truly feel, he knew he would have the hardest time pulling away.
But he did not doubt one bit that he loved Axel, and he was going through this pain that arrived before he came into his life. He understood that, so he wordlessly sat beside him and rubbed his hand on the other’s shoulders. Axel would open up in due time, he was sure of it.
Maybe he can distract him. It can work, he thught as eh started planning a night out for the both of them.
Axel pulled Brent down next to him gently, he just wanted to lay with him and forget about what he had been feeling, though it would never happen as the feelings never went away, he was stuck with them till he would finally no longer be of this world. “Don’t worry about what happened Brent….I’ll be okay.” He whispered to his partner as he put his arm’s around him and held him close.
He would never tell Brent of the past life they had together nor the family he once had after he had loved him once. He was afraid that if her knew that he may want to leave.