[If asked if it was worth it Alfred wouldn't hesitate to say that yes, it was. All the pain, fear and torture was well worth being able to bring Oswald something special to him, something that might make him remember simpler and better times. Or maybe to just prove that someone out there was willing to go to great lengths to try and make him happy.
Either way when Oswald starts to almost shrink in on himself Alfred moves to wrap his arms around him, hugging him gently and rubbing his back as he cries. There's no shame in shedding tears for the memories associated with such a thing, he's often cried when he's gone out back to the garage and looked at Bruce's old wagon. The one he got when he was seven. The one he pulled behind him all over the manor, filling the back with rocks he had found in the garden.
'I'm going to build a home for my wagon.'
How proud he had been when he told Alfred his idea and later the two of them had done just that, laid rocks and stones and planks of wood until the bright red wagon had somewhere safe to stay and as he holds Oswald, hugging and comforting him he quietly promises to do the same now.
He's going to build somewhere safe. He's going to build a home.]
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Date: 2025-03-01 04:20 am (UTC)Either way when Oswald starts to almost shrink in on himself Alfred moves to wrap his arms around him, hugging him gently and rubbing his back as he cries. There's no shame in shedding tears for the memories associated with such a thing, he's often cried when he's gone out back to the garage and looked at Bruce's old wagon. The one he got when he was seven. The one he pulled behind him all over the manor, filling the back with rocks he had found in the garden.
'I'm going to build a home for my wagon.'
How proud he had been when he told Alfred his idea and later the two of them had done just that, laid rocks and stones and planks of wood until the bright red wagon had somewhere safe to stay and as he holds Oswald, hugging and comforting him he quietly promises to do the same now.
He's going to build somewhere safe.
He's going to build a home.]