Because DE failed to give us proper closure, this is how I had Dion handle Amir:
First, they needed to deal with the new Surge Eximus units. Dion helped Amir and the Hex with the cleanup. More importantly, he made sure Amir survived so they could have the talk they needed.
When they were done, he pulled Amir aside to a quieter less public facing part of the arcade he spends all his time in. He made sure that they were far enough from prying eyes to have some privacy.
Once there, he confronted Amir: "What the hell, bro?" He made sure Amir could not avoid the conversation or brush off what happened. He scolded Amir for throwing trauma and abuse in everyone's faces.
That was where Amir broke down crying, and started to apologize profusely because he knew what he said to everyone wasn't okay. He knew that having poor mental health was no excuse to be a jerk.
Dion let Amir apologize over and over, through tears. Patiently handed Amir tissues and listened without judgement. Then, he opened his arms and let Amir collapse against him.
They stayed like that for a long, long time. Amir cried pretty hard. It was loud, messy and ugly. All the fear and sadness and loneliness and everything just bubbling over, finally coming out.
After the crying, Dion fetched Amir something aggressively sweet and fizzy and some kind of junk food. He sat Amir down, too.
Amir apologized again, wondering aloud aloud why Dion would ever want to put up with someone like him. Why anyone would. He knew he'd screwed up bad, and he owed everyone a huge apology.
So... Dion finally said. "I can't speak for the others, but... You're still my little bro, and I still love you. I still want you around. One bad time is not enough to erase all the fun we've had." A beat. "Nerd. ♥"
Hearing that, Amir laughed and settled. He drank his fizzy sweet drink and ate his snack. After a while he yawned, leaned on Dion and fell asleep. Clearly, his brain needed a shutdown after all of that.
Much later, after Amir woke up, Dion encouraged him to go apologize to everyone and spend time with them. Amir agreed to start right away, and promised to take the time to do it properly. No rushing or excuses.
Over the next several days, that's exactly what happened. Amir went to everyone for one on one time. He made sure they all knew he was sorry.
There were more tears, and a lot of hugs, but Amir was forgiven.
I had to come up with something so I could close the loop Dion's way. I couldn't just leave it unfinished, like where DE left it.
I'm still pretty grumpy about how that whole thing ended.
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