["He's not gonna know shit about how to handle it," he'd been warned, just before. "He might even be an asshole about it, because he'll be worried he's going to lose you."
Hades glances back up to him, taking him in once more, observing the wary cast to his expression and the stiffness in his bearing, and quietly thinks that-- well, at least they are both out of place in this.]
It is not exactly you, nor exactly the news. More than anything-- [He huffs a short breath of a laugh, though it isn't very funny.] More than anything it is what you said after. I am wasted on myself, I should be more open with others, I ought not restrain my impulses-- you do not even know what they are, do you?
You insist I cannot fool you, but you've yet to realize that I have left myself open. With you.
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["He's not gonna know shit about how to handle it," he'd been warned, just before. "He might even be an asshole about it, because he'll be worried he's going to lose you."
Hades glances back up to him, taking him in once more, observing the wary cast to his expression and the stiffness in his bearing, and quietly thinks that-- well, at least they are both out of place in this.]
It is not exactly you, nor exactly the news. More than anything-- [He huffs a short breath of a laugh, though it isn't very funny.] More than anything it is what you said after. I am wasted on myself, I should be more open with others, I ought not restrain my impulses-- you do not even know what they are, do you?
You insist I cannot fool you, but you've yet to realize that I have left myself open. With you.