[His tone is dry, not really meaning it; her future is more or less settled, miserable woven together with hopeful, the same way his own is. Cease to exist, spare the world's doom. It sucks, he hates it. But he'd said he would accept it, and... he'd be a hypocrite not to.
(He would very much like to be a hypocrite for her sake, though. Even if she wouldn't appreciate the sentiment.)
Rather than pursuing it further, he shifts his position and sits up a little, not so much to jostle her off of him but so he can face her better, rather than lying under her and being tempted to just fling aside the restraint he's trying to stick with. He likes her weight on him, it feels simultaneously soft and stern, but he doesn't want to lose himself in it.]
You're not wrong, but it's still your past. Both of you. I don't know why you always stop yourself from talking about it, but you don't have to. Definitely not with me.
[He can guess why she doesn't, but that's not the same thing, and none of the reasons he can think of are good enough to dissuade him from at least offering his ear to her.]
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[His tone is dry, not really meaning it; her future is more or less settled, miserable woven together with hopeful, the same way his own is. Cease to exist, spare the world's doom. It sucks, he hates it. But he'd said he would accept it, and... he'd be a hypocrite not to.
(He would very much like to be a hypocrite for her sake, though. Even if she wouldn't appreciate the sentiment.)
Rather than pursuing it further, he shifts his position and sits up a little, not so much to jostle her off of him but so he can face her better, rather than lying under her and being tempted to just fling aside the restraint he's trying to stick with. He likes her weight on him, it feels simultaneously soft and stern, but he doesn't want to lose himself in it.]
You're not wrong, but it's still your past. Both of you. I don't know why you always stop yourself from talking about it, but you don't have to. Definitely not with me.
[He can guess why she doesn't, but that's not the same thing, and none of the reasons he can think of are good enough to dissuade him from at least offering his ear to her.]