#pophero

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Hero is watching his heart get shattered and he's drunk and alone and Pop is with a girl he doesn't love and knows the man he does love is right behind him but can't turn around or trust them.

(I mean, okay, it's obvious that Paillin engineered the whole kidnapping/attack thing just trying to manipulate them apart and succeeded like a charm and it's painful to watch them feeling so alone in this place and remembering everything they did together.)

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The way Pop was hoping Hero would come and was waiting for him and then she came instead and you could just feel his disappointment and sadness still radiating even as he took care of her because he's so hurt and he just wants Hero to come back to him but Hero is so hurt and took longer to get the information.

(And then Hero does go only to get there too late and suddenly he's alone and heartbroken and she's in a towel and everything is wrong and he leaves so hurt and heartbroken and I just want to save him and Pop so badly. Pop even looked for him. AUGH.)

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Hero being so utterly uselessly jealous that it renders him basically helpless and Pop just doesn't know how to handle it so he gets sarcastic at him instead and that doesn't work out how either of them wants. Hero is sick with jealousy and Pop is sick of his jealousy.

(Hero went out of his way to try to brand them as a pair but panicked the instant he thought Pop might care about anyone else despite reassurance because he is never the one that's chosen.)

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The socks are holding hands. I am defeated, entirely.

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Oh no, it's adorable. They're being adorable again. How dare they.

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Product placement gets a little more wild on a regular basis and I'm not complaining. @absolutebl the sniffing agenda continues!

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Hero is the most pathetic boy in love ever and I love him for that. What a pathetic little rich boy who's absolutely in love with Pop but only knows how to show love in unhealthy ways and so pushes away the people he loves who know how to love and be loved because what he does is so obsessive and over the top it's dangerous... but it's still a kind of love, just a damaged and desperate love that doesn't have a healthy outlet.

And the best part is how Pop is slowly bullying him into being a better person... even if it's mostly just for show.

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Hero just wailing on that boy for insulting Pop was great. I do love when they throw a punch for their man before they've been chosen. And that was a GREAT punch. A+. Hero might be a poor little rich boy with plenty of personal and family issues but he's got this weird little heart of gold buried under all that damage and I love it.