need to see more narumitsu hurt/comfort fics that are only an attempt at said comfort. look at them. do you honestly think either wright or edgeworth are capable of finding the right words and expressing love and concern for each other. they would be fucking terrible at it that's the beauty of it
it's also literally... in the canon? as much as phoenix progresses in his treatment of edgeworth by the point of aa3 he is still such a weirdo. phoenix has that thing where he thinks nice things he wants to say to people like maya and edgeworth but he ends up either silent or an asshole. "i want to give him a hug" turns into "haha is that your way of saying thank you. dumbass. your face is green"
and well. i mean. look at edgeworth. if you started crying near him he would offer a tissue and stand there for the whole time silently growing more and more irritated with every minute. your honor they're so fucked up