[Even though he doesn't really believe it, it's still reassuring to hear. More than, and he quietly moves his head to be buried in the nape of your neck, eyes quickly hardening over once out of your vision. Even if he doesn't mean it, GET OVER IT.]
[Soft breaths hitting your neck as he fumbles for the words, a hand grabbing your shoulder into a vice grip. Before suddenly everything stops. A few heartbeats of silence. "If he really means that, then... "Then a voice colder than ice answers. Right back to Assistant mode, even if the blank eyes say different.]
...
["Then I can tell him".]
I have to go back there in a year.
[And now you know firsthand what "there" he's speaking of.]
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Date: 2009-03-28 03:26 am (UTC)[Soft breaths hitting your neck as he fumbles for the words, a hand grabbing your shoulder into a vice grip. Before suddenly everything stops. A few heartbeats of silence. "If he really means that, then... "Then a voice colder than ice answers. Right back to Assistant mode, even if the blank eyes say different.]
...
["Then I can tell him".]
I have to go back there in a year.
[And now you know firsthand what "there" he's speaking of.]