Deephart

"What Happened?"

Bryan had poured his heart out to Cassie, terrified she was going to laugh in his face when she never said anything, Cassie stood still and looked at Bryan in shock, not moving, not making a sound, the only noise was the fan in the oven and the pairs synced breathing.

Cassie shakes her head and runs upstairs and locks herself in her room.

~~~

Bryan panics for a second but then follows Cassie.

"Cassie?" He asks knocking at the door lightly

"I-I can't... I'm sorry" Cassie says from the other side of the door trying to hide the fact she was having a panic attack.

Bryan goes to speak but thankfully Hank shows up.

"Where is she?" Hank asks with worry in his voice

"In her room... How do you know something's wrong?" Bryan asks

"I got a sos text" Hank replies and picks the lock on Cassie's bedroom door.

"I- you what?"

"I didn't stutter Son, go wait in the living room with Connor, I'll come get you when she calms down"

"If she texted you why are you picking the lock?"

"She won't open it... I've been through all this before go sit down," Hank says sternly "Please"

Bryan sighs and does as he's told...

~~~

After what seemed like forever Hank and Cassie came downstairs. Cassie had tears running down her face as she slowly walked over to Bryan and hugged him, without a word, Hank nods to him then grabs Connor's hand. "I'll be up the street if I'm needed," Hank says before taking himself and Connor home.

Bryan stood there, holding onto Cassie tightly, slowly rocking back and forth and rubbing her back.

"What happened sweetheart?" Bryan asks once he was sure Hank and Connor were gone.

Cassie dropped to her knees and dropped her head. "I-I'm sorry, Sir... I shouldn't have ran from you like that... It won't happen again, Sir..." she says quietly.

"Hey, it's okay... You can stand up... it's okay" Bryan says, picking her up and holding her close yet again. Cassie nodded her head and held onto Bryan tightly "I don't want to talk about it" Cassie whimpers. "Okay, we don't have to... Why don't we go eat?" Bryan suggests, Cassie only nods.

Bryan picks Cassie up and gently places her on the couch "I'll make your plate, what would you like to drink?"

"Coffee," Cassie says quietly

"Coffee with pizza?"

"Yes, please"

Bryan smiles and nods and goes into the kitchen to make their plates and Cassie's coffee. While he waited on the coffee, he calls his Mom.

⚠️⚠️Possible trigger warning⚠️⚠️

(B's Mom) "Hey sweetheart"

(B) "Hey Momma... I uh... I have a question"

(B's Mom) "What's up?"

(B) "What does someone who has been in an abusive relationship act like?"

(B's Mom) "Well... honestly, it depends on how the abuser treated them... I mean... they can lash out, they can be very closed off, sometimes both... They can also be skittish... Why do you ask?"

(B) "Well... Cassie... She uh... She ran away from me today and had a panic attack because I asked her to be my girlfriend..."

(B's Mom) "Honestly sweetie, it could have just caught her off guard and she panicked and it just went downhill from there"

(B) "That's what I thought too but then when her Uncles left she dropped to her knees and apologized"

(B's Mom) "How is that bad?"

(B) "She said "I'm sorry, Sir... I shouldn't have run from you like that... It won't happen again, Sir" I've never been with a girl that acts like that... I was even with a little... for a short time but even she didn't act like that"

(B's Mom) "Okay, calm down... I'll see if I can do some digging... But Bryan..."

(B) "Yeah?"

(B's Mom) "Try to talk to her about it"

(B) "I tried... She doesn't seem to want to..."

(B's Mom) "Give her some time"

(B) "Okay... I just... I'm worried about her"

(B's Mom) "I know honey"

(B) "Let me know what you find"

(B's Mom) "Of course sweetie"

(B) "Thanks Mom"

(B's Mom) "You're welcome honey"
*Beep*

Bryan sighs and pours Cassie's coffee and makes it the way she likes then grabs their plates and a bottle of water for himself and makes his way to Cassie.

"Yes," Cassie says quietly as Bryan walks up to her, earning a confused look from Bryan. "To your question from earlier... I love you too and I'd love to be your girlfriend" Cassie blushes. Bryan smiles brightly and grabs Cassie and kisses her softly, causing her to squeak in surprise but then she pulled away. "Are you okay?" Bryan asks "Yeah, just hungry."
Bryan chuckles softly and nods and hands Cassie her plate then sits beside her.

~~~

After Cassie finished her pizza, she set her plate on the coffee table in front of her and grabs her coffee, sipping on it slowly.

"Do you really want to know what happened?" Cassie asks quietly. "Only if you're ready to talk about it and don't force yourself."

Cassie nods her head and leans into Bryan "Can I have a little more time?"

"Of course Babygirl."

Cassie nods and finds herself falling asleep so Bryan takes their plates and Cassie's cup to the kitchen, he grabs a blanket on his way back and wraps himself and Cassie up in it. Seeing as Connor had turned the tv on when he and Hank were there, Bryan and Cassie just watched whatever had been turned on, though Cassie was too deep in thought to pay attention, before she knew it, her body shut down and she had fallen asleep.