Matt finds the kid huddled on the kitchen floor. The air is thick with the scent of blood, sweat and tears.
Matt approaches carefully, tracking the kid's hammering heart.
"Santino."
The young man is the one who had found Matt in the dumpster weeks ago, who helped him carry an unconscious Russian gangster to the top of this very building.
The Russians worked Santino over pretty good, and Matt can sense the terror the kid is feeling, and the guilt wrapped around that.
Hearing the boy blame himself for Claire's abduction Matt shakes his head, speaking to Santino in Spanish, "It's not your fault. It's mine."
All of it. It's Matt's. For dragging these two into his world.
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Date: 2017-06-03 09:46 pm (UTC)Matt approaches carefully, tracking the kid's hammering heart.
"Santino."
The young man is the one who had found Matt in the dumpster weeks ago, who helped him carry an unconscious Russian gangster to the top of this very building.
The Russians worked Santino over pretty good, and Matt can sense the terror the kid is feeling, and the guilt wrapped around that.
Hearing the boy blame himself for Claire's abduction Matt shakes his head, speaking to Santino in Spanish, "It's not your fault. It's mine."
All of it. It's Matt's. For dragging these two into his world.