Max reaches out to her, to take her hands. "I know you love me. I feel safe with you because I know you'd never ever do those things to me. But I wish you would have asked me first; I would have told you I didn't want you to do that for me. I love you so much and it kills me to feel like I'm a burden." Will there ever be a time when he doesn't feel like he's forcing everyone around him to protect him? Will he have to get better at killing before that happens?
All other thoughts screech to a halt when she turns the scenario around and asks him like that. He stops and really thinks. If someone did those things to her, he would be furious! He'd probably be capable of killing them, too.
"If you said you forgave them and wanted to try to reconcile with them, I'd... be really scared for you. I'd be so scared of you getting hurt again and I'd... do anything to make sure that didn't happen." Which is what she's been doing all along. "I'd... try to. I don't know if could."
His hands squeeze hers tighter. "You don't have to forgive him. I can live with that. Can you live with knowing I do?"
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Date: 2024-07-27 10:51 pm (UTC)All other thoughts screech to a halt when she turns the scenario around and asks him like that. He stops and really thinks. If someone did those things to her, he would be furious! He'd probably be capable of killing them, too.
"If you said you forgave them and wanted to try to reconcile with them, I'd... be really scared for you. I'd be so scared of you getting hurt again and I'd... do anything to make sure that didn't happen." Which is what she's been doing all along. "I'd... try to. I don't know if could."
His hands squeeze hers tighter. "You don't have to forgive him. I can live with that. Can you live with knowing I do?"