( he finds his gaze lowering until he's watching his cooling tea instead of her, taking in her words and tone, the sounds of her shifting, more than anything else. )
I see, ( is said again, softer, because he'd do the same, wouldn't he. says i see but means i understand, in all honesty. it's a scenario that's all too easy to relate to, imagine, being not only unneeded — and hasn't he always been? — but forgotten too.
all too easy to think it's better this way and pretend not to care, not to hurt, no matter how strong those feelings are inside — but at least they're inside, and no one's problem. )
In worlds like this — no. ( it's not a problem exclusive to places like these, between worlds, and his own shoulders inch nearer his ears. self-effacing: ) In any case, I would've done the same thing.
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I see, ( is said again, softer, because he'd do the same, wouldn't he. says i see but means i understand, in all honesty. it's a scenario that's all too easy to relate to, imagine, being not only unneeded — and hasn't he always been? — but forgotten too.
all too easy to think it's better this way and pretend not to care, not to hurt, no matter how strong those feelings are inside — but at least they're inside, and no one's problem. )
In worlds like this — no. ( it's not a problem exclusive to places like these, between worlds, and his own shoulders inch nearer his ears. self-effacing: ) In any case, I would've done the same thing.