selfreliar: (HEADACHE 💙 Take two aspirin.)
Hoshino "Midlife Crisis at 16" Aquamarine ([personal profile] selfreliar) wrote in [personal profile] richesse 2025-05-15 12:08 am (UTC)

[He considers that for a moment, then nods, conceding, agreeing.]

We survive on pretty fictions just like that.

[He still has her hand. He gives her fingers a small squeeze and then loosens his grip so she can pull free.]

I'll be all right.

[Even that's a lie--but if he's lying, that means he's willing to try to live by it.]

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