ext_369020 ([identity profile] worksmart.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] as_damaged 2011-06-11 10:00 am (UTC)

who are we to tell ourselves that we're misunderstood

"I haven't killed anybody, Cameron."

Suddenly his voice is just that bit too loud for the setting and he tries to cover with a growl and a cough against the back of his hand as people look around.

"I'm not asking you to forgive me for treason. It's been six months I've been trying to get back to a place where you're willing to call me a friend and it's so-- I didn't ask for this curse. I don't know why the damn place keeps throwing us together for anything like this, but I think overlooking the fact it does might be naive."

His shoulders lift with deeper breaths than the short, controlled exhalations he allows to escape. There's a lot being controlled here, under the surface, and unlike Cameron he's never been good at hiding that. It's why avoidance is so often his best policy. Facing something headlong brings too much to the surface, looking for an escape valve, and words he has to be careful of aren't it.

"If it had been someone else you married I'd probably have wanted to break his nose. It wasn't, and you look like you want to break mine. Would that help? You can do it, if it helps."

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