( A look, because surely she is the last person who should say expectations mean nothing, when she takes advantage of them at all opportunity and twist them to her favour. )
N-no, b-but--- ( Breathe. )
You have a n-network, at home. P-people who you c-can c--c-count on.
( A shrug, though it jostles his shoulders, neck, and the jarring feels really unpleasant right now. He used enough to being silent through pain that he makes no sound, although he does grimace a little. )
Forget it.
( Sighed, more than spoken. He's not good at this, not good at dealing with her, apparently. He wants to just go and curl up next to her, but that seems like a bad decision, too, after the other day, and all the barbs in those poems are worse, because he's just read and re-read them to try and make sense of it and why he's hurting so badly all the time. It's not her fault; he just wishes that what he already knew hadn't been given voice, and that he hadn't made such a fool of himself. )
no subject
N-no, b-but--- ( Breathe. )
You have a n-network, at home. P-people who you c-can c--c-count on.
( A shrug, though it jostles his shoulders, neck, and the jarring feels really unpleasant right now. He used enough to being silent through pain that he makes no sound, although he does grimace a little. )
Forget it.
( Sighed, more than spoken. He's not good at this, not good at dealing with her, apparently. He wants to just go and curl up next to her, but that seems like a bad decision, too, after the other day, and all the barbs in those poems are worse, because he's just read and re-read them to try and make sense of it and why he's hurting so badly all the time. It's not her fault; he just wishes that what he already knew hadn't been given voice, and that he hadn't made such a fool of himself. )