"what else- do you expect- hic, me to do?? sit there and, and agree while they say those- sob, those shitty things about you guys?!"
"i expect you to stop picking fights that aren't yours!!"
"...you're a smart girl, heaven. you need to remember that."
i just realized i barely draw my own ocs interacting so here some sylvain and heaven
sylvain and btl definitely got some shit by other people for differing reasons, sylvain for being an aggressive and unfriendly guy in general and btl for being a lame teacher's pet. heaven detested these incredibly surface-level assumptions about her friends, and would often actively confront them. she was VERY ride or die
her sensitivity made her something that needed protecting in his eyes. it wasn't noticable to people who dont hang around sylvain often, but he always softened his tone and words when he was talking to her, especially when she was crying. yelling never ameliorated problems, sylvain of all folks would know that.
he used to feel awful when she cried. now, in the realm, he'd kill to see any emotion even slightly influence her apathetic face.