holyposition: (quiet hours)
Tim Laughlin ([personal profile] holyposition) wrote 2024-08-27 07:18 pm (UTC)

You’ve told me I’m brave plenty.

[ What with the wolfman incident. No, that’s got nothing to do with his heart, necessarily, but he feels the need to downplay it. It doesn’t feel brave to abandon his suite and move into Koby’s, just so that he won’t have to face the traces of Hawk, or to spend a few hours losing himself in something meaningless at Otherworld, dirtying his soul just to distract from the ache. He feels small and weak, like keeping up the resolve to say no might be more painful than the next rejection, the next disappointment, the next lie. ]

No. I shouldn’t have lied, I’m sorry. I didn’t want you to see me like this.

[ Not brave. Not honorable, after the things he’d said in their fight. Self-indulgent in his misery and the pleasure he's chased to cleanse himself of it, to no avail. Not presentable. Or so he'd thought, until once again, they've revealed themselves to be more similar than should even be possible, considering the drastic differences in their experiences. ]

I can see you tonight. Since I've said too much already. You can tell me about her.

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