BreakSharon

BreakSharon is the het ship between Xerxes Break and Sharon Rainsworth from the Pandora Hearts fandom.

Canon
Break and Sharon met outside of the Rainsworth’s gate to the abyss. After Break had fallen out, young Sharon and Reim had been the first two to find him. Sharon was only eight years old at this time.

Break was invited to live with the Rainsworths after arriving, so he was around the entire time Sharon was growing up. Despite him having a cold nature towards everyone, Sharon soon became fond of Break. In flashbacks, Sharon could be seen taking care of Break alongside her mother and even bringing him flowers to cheer him up. After finally warming up to Sharon, Break took on an older brother role in her life. Sharon, however, had plans on marrying him when she was old enough.

As Break and Sharon aged, Break stayed by Shelly, and then Sharon’s, side rather than remaining a regular Rainsworth servant. He grew to be very protective over Sharon. Break commented to Sheryl that he looked after Sharon as if she was a daughter but Sheryl countered that Break was more of a protective older brother. Whenever Sharon was in danger or potentially in danger, Break would not hesitate to go after her. Break would do anything, including putting his life in danger, to make sure he would save Sharon. This protection went beyond physical and into emotional as seen when Break explains he doesn’t want Sharon to know he has gone blind.

Sharon grew out of her phase where she wanted to marry Break and started seeing him as an older brother. This was explained when she accidentally called him “Xerx-nii” after he saved her from Vincent. Some moments had Sharon seemingly looking at Break as if he were a romantic interest, but nothing had been confirmed. It was quietly confirmed that Sharon viewed Break as an older brother or friend at the end.

During the story, Break showed how he truly cared about Sharon when she was kidnapped by Vincent. Break had nearly died while attempting to retrieve a bell that was on Cheshire’s collar. It was something he had tried to obtain for a long time. Upon finding Sharon was kidnapped by Vincent, Break immediately ran over. Sharon had been poisoned by Vincent, along with Echo, and Vincent said he would only cure Sharon if Break destroyed the bell. Despite Sharon’s protests, Break destroyed the bell to save her life. When she recovered, she was furious with him. When Sharon was rescued from the Baskervilles, Break found out she was injured. He was prepared to die right there just to hurt the people who injured Sharon.

Sharon showed her care of Break in a passive an emotional way rather than through protection. When Break found out he was blind, he never wanted to tell Sharon. When he finally did, Sharon completely accepted it. Instead of pitying him or being upset, Sharon kept up her offer to teach him how to dance. Sharon is one of the few people who understands how Break but admits to not always knowing what goes through his mind. Sharon's inability to protect Break aggravates her greatly as Break will leave her behind so she won't be hurt.

In the very end, Sharon, along with Reim, was holding Break when he died. This goes along with her and Reim being the first to find him.

Quotes
"So, well, Sharon, for a little while... let me be a good-for-nothing, just like this."

- Break to Sharon

"I'm blind, oujou-sama."

- Break to Sharon

"What I will get in exchange for what I've lost... is entirely up to me."

- Sharon to Break

Fanon
BreakSharon is a pairing because the shippers see that the characters have chemistry. Some shippers believe that Sharon would have ended up with Break if it were not for his death and she only chose Reim because of their mutual grief of Break's death. It is not the most loved ship, but it isn't ignored by the fandom so much. It beats out the canon ship of ReimSharon in terms of fanworks and fans in general.

BreakSharon is disliked by some as it is a familial relationship. Fans haved argued that the brother/sister dynamic negates any romantic potential, some have implemented this dynamic in the way they ship Break and Sharon, and others disregard it as to make it a purely romantic relationship. It can also be disliked as Sharon grew up around Break and knew him when she was about 10, and he already was an adult. Some fans may think that Break returning Sharon's hinted crush would be creepy, especially since a tension between the two character revolves around the fact that Break sees Sharon as a child. This, added to Sharon's physical appearance of a 13 years old, creates some discourse over this ship. The fanworks for this ship tend to implement this tension as angst.

BreakSharon, much like BreakReim and ReimSharon, is included in the Rainsworth trio relationship. It is very easy to put Reim in between the two in a platonic way or to get in between the two. It is done more often in a platonic way.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION
 * BreakSharon on Fanfiction.net
 * BreakSharon on Fanfiction.net

Trivia

 * In the 18.5 Evidence Guide it is listed that Sharon's strength is being the straight man to Break.
 * In a drama CD, Break mentions he likes big breasted women. This seems to be an insecurity to Sharon as revealed in her 18.5 interview.
 * In 18.5 Sharon admits her wish would be for her to dance a full song properly with Break.
 * In the Valets character profile in 24+1 Last Dance it is revealed one of his weakness is Sharon behaving recklessly.
 * In Caucus Race, Sharon says she likes Break's eyelashes and attempts to touch them.