[His back jumps beneath the touch. He didn't register her presence until that contact. Aqua turns his head just enough to look at her with one glassy eye.
He's not crying. But the misery coming off of Aqua is depthless, crushing, like he's drowning all over again. His eye squeezes shut as he continues to press his face into the covers, the weight of two lifetimes of loss stepping down on his neck.
Lortel's calling for Aqua, but is that who he is? Is he anything, anymore? Why is he still here?
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He's not crying. But the misery coming off of Aqua is depthless, crushing, like he's drowning all over again. His eye squeezes shut as he continues to press his face into the covers, the weight of two lifetimes of loss stepping down on his neck.
Lortel's calling for Aqua, but is that who he is? Is he anything, anymore? Why is he still here?
He takes a stilted breath. And another.]
I couldn't do anything... again...