she holds his hands so tightly. grounding. she doesn't care if he's being embarrassing. maybe, in a horrible and guilty sort of way, she feels better knowing that she can be here. that maybe she can help, after she couldn't before. a pause, and then she brings his hand up and rests it against her pulse. just so he knows.]
You tried, though. [she knows that doesn't mean shit, but.] Of course you didn't leave him.
[she doesn't care about what happened to her. she knows that she can't match up to his little brother. some things are just too important.]
Reigen said whoever is doing this to us knows a lot about us and the things we fear most. It picked out all the good parts of you and used them against you, Ace, that's not - you didn't make everything worse. You don't.
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Date: 2023-10-20 08:17 am (UTC)she holds his hands so tightly. grounding. she doesn't care if he's being embarrassing. maybe, in a horrible and guilty sort of way, she feels better knowing that she can be here. that maybe she can help, after she couldn't before. a pause, and then she brings his hand up and rests it against her pulse. just so he knows.]
You tried, though. [she knows that doesn't mean shit, but.] Of course you didn't leave him.
[she doesn't care about what happened to her. she knows that she can't match up to his little brother. some things are just too important.]
Reigen said whoever is doing this to us knows a lot about us and the things we fear most. It picked out all the good parts of you and used them against you, Ace, that's not - you didn't make everything worse. You don't.