( Quietly, head bowed. Breathing feels more difficult than it did a few minutes ago, but he shouldn't show it, he really-- he has to be better. That's what he's been begging himself for the past three weeks, and then nothing changes. He is still himself, still weak, he moves forward and presents possibilities and finds himself only in the same state of being undone as he was weeks ago, months ago. As if he had never become here, or maybe even before he met Max.
Nothing ever really changes. )
I w-wouldn't-- hurt either of you. ( He has only ever tried to protect her. )
video, private.
( Quietly, head bowed. Breathing feels more difficult than it did a few minutes ago, but he shouldn't show it, he really-- he has to be better. That's what he's been begging himself for the past three weeks, and then nothing changes. He is still himself, still weak, he moves forward and presents possibilities and finds himself only in the same state of being undone as he was weeks ago, months ago. As if he had never become here, or maybe even before he met Max.
Nothing ever really changes. )
I w-wouldn't-- hurt either of you. ( He has only ever tried to protect her. )