His faces pulls something incredulous, "What? Are you kidding me-- yes, it's exactly-- Dad hid everything from her, from all of us, about her! You honestly think that wouldn't fuck you up? To not just deal with that, but- have it all unraveled and then just find out two months later that your siblings were starting the whole cycle over again, when you didn't remember?!" He shakes his head, grabbing Ben's arm to stop him suddenly. "No- not you, it didn't have to be you, specifically, but all of you were here, somebody could have-- I'm not saying- you- you're not- that's not-"
He lets go of Ben's arm and gives a frustrated groan, spinning away as he shoves a hand through his hair, sliding down to rest on the back of his neck. "Nevermind. This isn't... this isn't what I want the first night of having you back to be about, okay? Just- forget it."
"He uses fights with us, or us telling him to clean up his act, as an excuse to push himself further into the spiral. Don't fucking put that shit on me, or any of us. Klaus makes his choices. He needs to make better ones, and if we all just sit around, holding hands and singing Kumbaya, pretending the ones he's making are fine, he'll never change the ones he makes." He shakes his head. "I won't enable him, Ben. Be pissed at me for it if you want, but I won't do it."
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He lets go of Ben's arm and gives a frustrated groan, spinning away as he shoves a hand through his hair, sliding down to rest on the back of his neck. "Nevermind. This isn't... this isn't what I want the first night of having you back to be about, okay? Just- forget it."
"He uses fights with us, or us telling him to clean up his act, as an excuse to push himself further into the spiral. Don't fucking put that shit on me, or any of us. Klaus makes his choices. He needs to make better ones, and if we all just sit around, holding hands and singing Kumbaya, pretending the ones he's making are fine, he'll never change the ones he makes." He shakes his head. "I won't enable him, Ben. Be pissed at me for it if you want, but I won't do it."