Don't expect anything at all. It's not happening again.
[I'll make sure of it is threaded in that tone. she'll figure out how to bandage the raw and seeping wound of her own agitation, pack it full of snow so it goes numb. quiet, quiet, until it's sealed over and just leaves a scar, instead of running hot and infected, leaving her sick from its presence.
she has to be better than this. she has to be.]
...Swimming was an excuse, yeah, but I needed to talk to you in private. The pool was the only place I could think of where someone might not walk in at the wrong moment. Even this room...if Sara was here, how could we talk openly?
[there's a small shuffling, as she adjusts position.]
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Date: 2021-12-28 11:04 pm (UTC)[I'll make sure of it is threaded in that tone. she'll figure out how to bandage the raw and seeping wound of her own agitation, pack it full of snow so it goes numb. quiet, quiet, until it's sealed over and just leaves a scar, instead of running hot and infected, leaving her sick from its presence.
she has to be better than this. she has to be.]
...Swimming was an excuse, yeah, but I needed to talk to you in private. The pool was the only place I could think of where someone might not walk in at the wrong moment. Even this room...if Sara was here, how could we talk openly?
[there's a small shuffling, as she adjusts position.]
You could have left any time you wanted.