[She raked her hand through her hair and looked down. There was some of the emotional vulnerability that he had never been subjected to, because the version he knew just had trouble finding her place and value with everyone being so cool around her. He'd never seen the faygo binges, the feelings of inadequacy.
They were partially gone, but they were still there, ready to rear their ugly heads.]
She's committed the action, the work. She's already shushed me and is doing what you'd expect. She even likes doing it I think, and she seems to worry about my head games I play on folks. On the surface it's all fine... but...
There's part of me that thinks she has the feelings, hidden, tucked away in her thump tortoise. Part of me's afraid it's not really there, or I couldn't get it out of her in the end. She wants to try, but we're trying. It's... not guaranteed. It never is, is it?
...well, she doesn't exactly need to be pacified, but she needs ... encouragement? Does that make sense? And... I mean... I don't think I'm ready to try for something flushed. Pale's a lot for me right now.
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[She raked her hand through her hair and looked down. There was some of the emotional vulnerability that he had never been subjected to, because the version he knew just had trouble finding her place and value with everyone being so cool around her. He'd never seen the faygo binges, the feelings of inadequacy.
They were partially gone, but they were still there, ready to rear their ugly heads.]
She's committed the action, the work. She's already shushed me and is doing what you'd expect. She even likes doing it I think, and she seems to worry about my head games I play on folks. On the surface it's all fine... but...
There's part of me that thinks she has the feelings, hidden, tucked away in her thump tortoise. Part of me's afraid it's not really there, or I couldn't get it out of her in the end. She wants to try, but we're trying. It's... not guaranteed. It never is, is it?
...well, she doesn't exactly need to be pacified, but she needs ... encouragement? Does that make sense? And... I mean... I don't think I'm ready to try for something flushed. Pale's a lot for me right now.