As he settled into the hug. his breath caught as tears welled up, little boy Yue was reaching up to his father, no, his brother? Didn 't matter. Either way he was finally getting the hug back he wanted,

needed.

Was ' allowed to need. His body shook and brought forth old tears of wounds long scarred over.

When he finally pulled back the last thing he expected was to see tears in Huo 's eyes as well. That hit a previously unknown depth in his soul. The elder wiped a tear from the prince 's cheek, 'So how many of these idiots do I get to punch before my head goes on the chopping block Sir? '

'Yue, ' it was barely a whisper.

'Sir? '

'I think you 've earned the right to call me Yue, ' the prince said more clearly.

Huo hummed a smile.

****

'Seriously though, if you have to kill me, let me punch some people out for you on the way out. If my rap sheets

that