[The sight of tears has his eyes narrow in response, irrationally irritated. Emotion was difficult at the best of times, and there was no best of times. Why should it matter if she was upset? Expressing even this much felt anathema, and he couldn't help but resent her for it.]
I mean what I said.
[That warmth continued to be a- very complicated thing. Simultaneously pleasant and terrible, something to reach for and recoil from. The balance between the two has him tensing, remaining close, but still not touching her.]
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I mean what I said.
[That warmth continued to be a- very complicated thing. Simultaneously pleasant and terrible, something to reach for and recoil from. The balance between the two has him tensing, remaining close, but still not touching her.]
Did you think I didn't care?