While the anger had been expected, the very physical lashing out was not something Brennan had anticipated and so he was not equipped to roll smoothly with the contact to his face. Instead, he found himself staggering awkwardly, tripping over the chair he had been leaning on, and only maintaining an upright position by a fortunately positioned table in his path.
It had been enough to allow his son to make a rapid exit for the door, but he was not going to give up this time, and he managed to force himself to follow, glancing wildly to catch which direction Killian had run off in. Once he caught sight of him, he sped up his pace, determined to at least give it a try to bring about some reconciliation or discussion with his son.
Caught up, he reached for Killian’s wrist, desiring to stop him in his tracks, to at least talk. “Killian, please, there is much you do not know. It may have taken longer than I thought, but I have returned. Please, just five minutes of your time, give me that much….” he murmured, holding onto Killian for fear that his son might simply just leave entirely if he let go.
◢☸◣ Honestly, who the hell did he think he was? Turning up like that without even a thought as to how his son would take it. And then he had the audacity to run after him begging for a moment of explanation.
Killian wheeled around on his father as he felt the grip close on his wrists, a fire in those blue eyes unlike anything Brennan ever would have known his son capable of, but had been bestowed upon him by the very circumstances the man was trying to explain away. “Five minutes? Five bloody minutes?” He spat back with seething sarcasm. “Oh hell, if it’ll only take five minutes to explain away f i f t e e n - s o m e - o d d years of being an utter shit parent by all means go on then. I already spent the first three waiting by the door for you to come home, what’s five more minutes,” he jerked his arm back, his jaw tightening on its hinges.
“But you know what? Scratch that — I don’t want to hear your excuses. That rubbish might have flown ten years ago, but you missed your chance somewhere around the third foster family when I gave up on there being a single decent human being left.” He thrust his finger out to the side, “go explain yourself to Liam, who wasted his life sorting out the mess you made,” his hand dropped back to his side, hoisting up his bag on his shoulder with the other. “If he sees fit to listen, he’ll know where to find me,” he stated, turning away from the man with a finality in his expression, starting to walk once more. ◢☸◣