This time it wasn't just  a bruised lip  when he ran into the barrier. He ended up with the kind of cut above the eyes that bled badly, bleeding from his nose, and part of his jaw was swollen.  When Esme heard the sickening crack when he collided instead of breaking through she ran to him. He covered his mouth  at the start not meeting her gaze ashamed of himself.  The blood coming down his forehead almost got into his eyes and his hands were slick with his own blood. On his own he couldn't even get up or leave the room.

He couldn't speak but Esme knew from this thoughts he felt like garbage. That he made a pathetic mess of himself in front of everyone and that she was pitying him. He couldn't be more far from the truth. She made him relax and ignored his complaints. 

She stopped the bleeding, and put ice on his jaw. She cleaned off all the blood and looked him in the eye." The Strucker way is to repress and repress, and deal with it wrong in private. I'm breaking that cycle,  when your around me your getting help. I'm going to be there and trust me you can't stop me. And you shouldn't feel like they when your just having an off day or distracted. It's an accident not everything goes according to plan."