[He still can't quite look at her, so he focuses on the coffee, getting mugs, sugar, milk and cream on a tray to bring to the table.]
I listened to it... kind of a lot. While you were gone.
[That's probably weird to say- or rather, weird to hear, for her. But he's not ashamed of it, nor will he apologize. Over the last month and a half, after everything that's happened, everything he did, he'd really needed someone to tell him those things. That he didn't give up. (He did.) That he should rely on people. (He didn't.) That they're proud of him. (Would she still?) That they believed in him. (Would she still?) That he could be a super hero. (Maybe back then.) That he should be careful. (Ha.
Ha.
Ha.)
He'd needed that voice, sometimes, to not be Teddy. Because Teddy knew. Teddy remembered. Teddy had been there. So sometimes it's hard... to believe all of that. When you hate yourself that much you just kind of assume everyone else does - or should - too.]
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[He still can't quite look at her, so he focuses on the coffee, getting mugs, sugar, milk and cream on a tray to bring to the table.]
I listened to it... kind of a lot. While you were gone.
[That's probably weird to say- or rather, weird to hear, for her. But he's not ashamed of it, nor will he apologize. Over the last month and a half, after everything that's happened, everything he did, he'd really needed someone to tell him those things. That he didn't give up. (He did.) That he should rely on people. (He didn't.) That they're proud of him. (Would she still?) That they believed in him. (Would she still?) That he could be a super hero. (Maybe back then.) That he should be careful. (Ha.
Ha.
Ha.)
He'd needed that voice, sometimes, to not be Teddy. Because Teddy knew. Teddy remembered. Teddy had been there. So sometimes it's hard... to believe all of that. When you hate yourself that much you just kind of assume everyone else does - or should - too.]