Michael was staring at Y/N as she stopped talking. "You must think I'm pathetic" she said as she wiped away a tear and looked up at him. "No" Michael simply responded as he softly shook his head. "Yeah, right" Y/N said in disbelief. She looked down at her hands again. Michael noticed that they were slightly shaking.
"I'm serious" Michael said. "You're not pathetic". Y/N couldn't help but laugh softly. "You don't have to lie to me you know". "Do you really think that I'm lying to you?" Michael said with something that sounded like hurt in his voice. "Why wouldn't you be? You wouldn't be the first one to lie to me" Y/N explained to him. Michael could feel a sting in his heart. She really is broken....
"Well, then let me be the first one to tell you the truth Y/N" he said. "You're not pathetic, you've been through a lot of shit that you didn't deserve and you have every right to cry about that".
"Oh don't give me that bullshit!" Y/N suddenly snapped at him. "I know how everybody thinks about me, I know how they talk about me when they think that I can't hear them and I know how they look at me when I walk past them". Michael observed the girl as she started to express her anger.
"When people find out about all the shit that I've been through they act like their sorry, but they're never are truly sorry! I'm just a weird freak who deserved every single shitty thing!" Y/N said."Stop" Michael softly commanded. He could feel himself getting angry now. It wasn't that he was angry at her, but at all of the assholes who had made her this way. This perfect girl in front of him was broken, almost to no return. He could feel her sadness, anger and hurt flowing through his own body. It made him feel sick to his stomach.
Y/N ignored his command. "It was all my fault, I am the fucking reason why these things happened to me, I shouldn't even be here in this fucking underground shit hole, I don't deserve to be alive, I should have died out there". Michael closed his eyes for a second. "Stop it" he repeated firmly.
"No, I won't fucking stop" Y/N disagreed. "I need you to know that I'm not the right fucking girl for your Sanctuary place, I don't even know why I agreed to do this stupid interview, I don't deserve to even be considered for a fucking place in the first place!". She got angrier and angrier. "I'm a fucking piece of shit and everyone knows it. Give that nice girl Mallory an extra shot at that place, she has probably never hurt a fly in her entire fucking live, she deserves to have a safe place where nothing can harm her". Michael opened his eyes again and saw that Y/N had stood up from her chair. "I'm sorry for wasting your time Mr Langdon" she said. Y/N walked away from the fireplace.
Michael stood up and grabbed her arm. "You're not leaving" he said. "YES I AM" Y/N shouted as she turned around. "DON'T YOU FUCKING GET IT? YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME TALKING TO ME WHILE YOU COULD TALK TO MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE! I'M NO ONE". Michael said nothing and just stared into her eyes. "WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M WORTHLESS, I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND I FUCKING HATE MYSELF!". Michael felt like his heart stopped as soon as Y/N said that last part. He could see that she was on the verge of breaking down. Without thinking about it Michael let go of her arm and wrapped her frail body into his arms.
Y/N didn't react at first. She just stared in front of her. But when she felt Michael's arms wrapped tightly around her, she broke down. All of the tears that she had been fighting against were now rolling down her face. He was the first one to hug her in years. She didn't know how much she missed the feeling of someone holding her tight.
Michael tried his best to comfort the girl. "Ssshh, it's okay, I've got you" he whispered as he softly rubbed her back. Y/N buried her face in to his neck and held on tight to Michael's jacket. Michael couldn't help but also cry a bit. He could feel all of the sadness and hurt coming out of the poor girl. Her legs became weak and she slowly fell to the ground. Michael kept his arms wrapped tightly around her as he guided her to the ground. Here he softly pushed her against his chest as the two of them stayed on the ground. He softly swayed her from left to right. "I'm sorry" Y/N said in between sobs. "I'm so, so sorry". Michael had to swallow down some tears. "Don't be love" he said. "It's not your fault".
Michael continued to hold her tightly in silence and Y/N continued to cry her heart out. Michael and Y/N stayed like this for about twenty minutes. After that Michael let go of Y/N and softly laid his hands on both of her cheeks. He made eye contact with the girl. "I need you to listen to me Y/N" he said while Y/N softly continued to cry. "I want you to know that everything thing that you think about yourself isn't true, you are NOT worthless, you ARE someone and you DESERVE to be here". Y/N just looked at Michael without saying a word. "I fucking hate to see you like this and I think that you of all people deserve to know how important you are and how much love you deserve. I know that you don't believe me now love" Michael said as he also started to cry. "But I promise you, you will soon".
