sky-paper:

fuckup feels time

vaan spends two years thinking reks had something to do with the betrayal

think of how confused and lost he must have felt, on top of the entire fact of the matter that his brother is gone, the only family he had left 

it must be such a weight lifted from him, when he follows basch from the resistance hideout, out into the sun and they have that exchange

it must’ve felt so light that he could finally be at peace. in that scene he dips his head and he smiles, not at basch, not at forgiving him, vaan smiles because he’s thinking i knew it, i knew reks had nothing to do with it, thank you

basch didn’t kill him. reks had nothing to do with it. the empire killed his brother.

and he’s going to make it right. for reks and for everyone.

I’m pretty sure It was not easy for Vaan to actually find a job in those two years. 

Orphan and Brother of a traitor.  Dealing with the loss of his brother is already terrible, but I can imagine people treating him harshly. Migelo took care of him and Penelo, it is canon. 

No wonder Vaan decides not to stay in the city with a regular job, and aims for the skies. He needs freedom. From the Empire, and from judgement.