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abnormalizes) wrote2023-03-05 08:19 pm
abnormalizes) wrote2023-03-05 08:19 pmSeasons: IC Contact/Continuations
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abnormalizes) wrote2023-03-05 08:19 pm
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
But....
Speaking as someone who gets it.
The loneliness...the loneliness does a lot more damage. It makes things a lot worse for a lot longer.
Because the grief you already have echoes in it.
When you let other people in, its a lot easier to remember what the past love feels like.
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
[Some things are too deeply ingrained in her to change just like that.]
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
This kind of stuff takes time.
It takes a lot of time and patience and there will be people who will help you adjust if you trust them.
I know Rinku would be there with you every step of the way and so will I.
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
Thank you for the desserts.
[She doesn't want to directly go like 'please get out so I can freak out privately and save some face' but she also really wants to say that.]
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
[Pauses.]
[Then he's by her and hugging her.]
You got this.
Also if you try to avoid me in an effort to hide from your feelings, remember that you cannot outrun me and I literally grew up under a rock so you cannot trap me in social conventions to escape.
[That is mostly offered up as a joke.]
[Mostly.]
[He pulls back.] You can keep the cakes. I'll take the cookies. [Since she wasn't for them as much.]
[But he'll grab the cookies and if there's a throw blanket, he'll toss the over her shoulders and cuts a fresh slice of cake for her to eat so hopefully that sugar helps and then the door will quietly close behind him.]
Re: Some days after dreamwalking
When he's gone, she lets herself sob fully, ugly messy tears streaming down her face. That helps a little, too.]