[ any anger or righteousness he once felt he was rightfully on the side of disappears with that one outburst. he pushes a hand back through his wet hair, knocking his ineffectual hood off his head in the process. is she saying... what he thinks she is? he wants to blame himself for being thick on this one, but she tried, she said. at every turn she'd tried to shrug him off and go out of her way to tell him 'it didn't have to mean anything.' unless-- maybe he really is that stupid, after all. ]
I know you care. [ it's the 'about him' part that he can't reconcile, but even in times where she said she wanted him to leave her alone, she was still there - wasn't she? just as his own feelings, it's only in retrospect that he can even begin to see hers. frank shakes his head, suddenly acutely aware of his heart pounding in his chest and the blood rushing harshly through his ears. he just wants to go back, even a few hours would be enough. his hand reaches out until it connects with her arm, but it's barely even that in anticipation of being shrugged off. ] Don't go, okay? Please don't go.
[ it's pathetic and he knows it, but he can't stomach this being the last time they see each other. he needs her. ]
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I know you care. [ it's the 'about him' part that he can't reconcile, but even in times where she said she wanted him to leave her alone, she was still there - wasn't she? just as his own feelings, it's only in retrospect that he can even begin to see hers. frank shakes his head, suddenly acutely aware of his heart pounding in his chest and the blood rushing harshly through his ears. he just wants to go back, even a few hours would be enough. his hand reaches out until it connects with her arm, but it's barely even that in anticipation of being shrugged off. ] Don't go, okay? Please don't go.
[ it's pathetic and he knows it, but he can't stomach this being the last time they see each other. he needs her. ]