"...Thank you." He clears his throat quietly. "You....you make me want to be better."
There's a small hiccup in that he wants to be better for her, and Quentin, and Annie - the little family he's found for himself here. And nobody else, frankly.
It's not a bad way to start. To be better for someone else. It's a small
start, a good first step, even if it takes a while to make that jump from
being better for someone else to being better just for yourself. "I know
you're trying," she answers, looking down at their hands. "And I know it's
hard. But I'm here to help, too. If I can." It's not just a warden's job.
It's what friends do, and they are that at the very least, whatever else
they are.
"Good." A smile at him, maybe a little closer to how she usually looks, a
little more relieved maybe now that she's gotten those words out. "You
know, you help me, too. There's a lot of things I never did before I came
here. A lot of things I never wanted to do. You--I want to, because of you.
You help me be better."
Shiro nods, finally letting go of Credence's hand so she can slide out of
her chair, standing. "Mm--I asked Pietro how you play, and he said it was
pretty easy. You just--roll the ball and try and knock down those things at
the end. The pins, I mean." It sounds pretty easy. What could go wrong?
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Date: 2018-06-02 10:50 am (UTC)There's a small hiccup in that he wants to be better for her, and Quentin, and Annie - the little family he's found for himself here. And nobody else, frankly.
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Date: 2018-06-04 11:53 am (UTC)It's not a bad way to start. To be better for someone else. It's a small start, a good first step, even if it takes a while to make that jump from being better for someone else to being better just for yourself. "I know you're trying," she answers, looking down at their hands. "And I know it's hard. But I'm here to help, too. If I can." It's not just a warden's job. It's what friends do, and they are that at the very least, whatever else they are.
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Date: 2018-06-04 02:22 pm (UTC)"You can," he says quickly. "You do. All the time."
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Date: 2018-06-04 02:37 pm (UTC)"Good." A smile at him, maybe a little closer to how she usually looks, a little more relieved maybe now that she's gotten those words out. "You know, you help me, too. There's a lot of things I never did before I came here. A lot of things I never wanted to do. You--I want to, because of you. You help me be better."
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Date: 2018-06-04 02:43 pm (UTC)He smiles again, and it lingers a little longer.
"...do you want to see if we can work out the bowling, maybe?"
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:05 pm (UTC)Shiro nods, finally letting go of Credence's hand so she can slide out of her chair, standing. "Mm--I asked Pietro how you play, and he said it was pretty easy. You just--roll the ball and try and knock down those things at the end. The pins, I mean." It sounds pretty easy. What could go wrong?
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Date: 2018-06-04 03:33 pm (UTC)[Hey psst this feels like a good place to fade out?]