"I think it usually does. I've never been an inmate, so - take my perspective with a grain of salt, but. I think it always helps to have someone on your side."
How dare you catch her being wrong about a thing. The disgruntled little pout is chased almost immediately by grudging amusement, and a little bit of admiration.
"I was getting there, for the record." Her life had felt - so much bigger, this time. There was more room in it to fail, more room in it to grow.
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Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-08-29 11:18 pm (UTC)Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-08-29 11:19 pm (UTC)Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-08-30 06:45 pm (UTC)She does admit, with a bit of a half-shrug, "Never had a permanent warden before this, either. I assume that helps."
Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-08-31 08:03 pm (UTC)He's been alone often enough to appreciate it.
Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-09-01 09:43 pm (UTC)Just the kinship of dreams and borrowed lives, probably. Either way, he makes a good point.
"It does. Assuming they stick around."
Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-09-03 01:16 am (UTC)"I have my sordid and bloody past, I promise. I just managed to live through it," he tells her wryly. For better or for worse.
Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-09-12 06:53 am (UTC)"I was getting there, for the record." Her life had felt - so much bigger, this time. There was more room in it to fail, more room in it to grow.
Re: tw suicide
Date: 2024-09-15 04:00 pm (UTC)