[ in retrospect, mako should have probably checked the DVR settings before just flipping on to the next random movie, unaware that his brother had been on a chick flick binge for the last few days or so. he's almost grateful for tamahome's attempts to hide his tears — this, in turn, made it easy to hide mako's wince every time john cusack and kate beckingsale harped on about one true loves and destiny.
mako, himself, had never been very good at the "comforting" thing. he did what most guys tended to do, what he assumed most people would have preferred — he offered solutions, advice. he was a problem-solver, at the very core of him, and when a buddy came to you with a problem, even a problem dealing with girls (which mako, admittedly, had never been all that adept in, despite having had his... fair share...) he would be there for them with a solution. but tamahome was always kind of... different. too feelsy, really, in the way that bolin always was, and mako knew that coming to the other man with a list of solutions as just not going to cut it.
after about the twelfth sniffle, mako realizes there's just not avoiding it.
they were going to have to actually talk about this. ]
omg
mako, himself, had never been very good at the "comforting" thing. he did what most guys tended to do, what he assumed most people would have preferred — he offered solutions, advice. he was a problem-solver, at the very core of him, and when a buddy came to you with a problem, even a problem dealing with girls (which mako, admittedly, had never been all that adept in, despite having had his... fair share...) he would be there for them with a solution. but tamahome was always kind of... different. too feelsy, really, in the way that bolin always was, and mako knew that coming to the other man with a list of solutions as just not going to cut it.
after about the twelfth sniffle, mako realizes there's just not avoiding it.
they were going to have to actually talk about this. ]
Hey, uh... you need another beer, man?
[ you know. eventually. ]