[ He could tell that Dirk was quickly falling apart, but the tears still take him by surprise. Somehow Dirk Strider is not someone he ever expected to find crying in his arms. Or... at the very least he sure as hell didn't expect to be the cause of those tears. The fact that Dirk is trying to push him away on top of that? Doesn't feel good.
This doesn't mean he fully understand what is happening here, or how things have gotten to this point. He does to a degree, he gets that Dirk is convinced that Jake doesn't love him, and doesn't love the kids. He gets that whatever things he's been doing to make Dirk feel that way has hurt Dirk.
What he doesn't know is how he can talk Dirk out of... this so they even have a chance to figure things out properly. Jake likes to think of himself as a man of action, and even when he understands a situation it doesn't mean he knows how to handle it. Which might be why even though Dirk is clearly trying to shove him away, Jake slides his arms around Dirk's back and tries to pull him closer. ]
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This doesn't mean he fully understand what is happening here, or how things have gotten to this point. He does to a degree, he gets that Dirk is convinced that Jake doesn't love him, and doesn't love the kids. He gets that whatever things he's been doing to make Dirk feel that way has hurt Dirk.
What he doesn't know is how he can talk Dirk out of... this so they even have a chance to figure things out properly. Jake likes to think of himself as a man of action, and even when he understands a situation it doesn't mean he knows how to handle it. Which might be why even though Dirk is clearly trying to shove him away, Jake slides his arms around Dirk's back and tries to pull him closer. ]
... I won't.