Dimitri doesn't ask. Whatever it is, it upsets Felix all the more when he tries to say it, and though he desperately wants to help him with it, he doesn't want to cause him further distress. It's like when they were children, in a way — Felix crying too much to properly explain just what upset him, so Dimitri would just hold him until he felt better...]
...we do not have to discuss it now. Would you... come and lie down with me?
[Asking if Felix wants to even do such a thing would be better, but he knows him well enough to know he would refuse with that phrasing. If it's for Dimitri's sake, then perhaps his pride will allow him to do it.]
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Dimitri doesn't ask. Whatever it is, it upsets Felix all the more when he tries to say it, and though he desperately wants to help him with it, he doesn't want to cause him further distress. It's like when they were children, in a way — Felix crying too much to properly explain just what upset him, so Dimitri would just hold him until he felt better...]
...we do not have to discuss it now. Would you... come and lie down with me?
[Asking if Felix wants to even do such a thing would be better, but he knows him well enough to know he would refuse with that phrasing. If it's for Dimitri's sake, then perhaps his pride will allow him to do it.]