Abel had been gently scratching at his scalp, leaning back and resting when the question comes and opens his eyes, looking down at him.
"What for? I...I'd like to think you're doing it for you. Thinking of my own self, I have plenty of reasons to work on myself, but...to feel comfortable, normal? That's...what I want. But for you? I'd think you want to have a normal where you don't have to fight for it all the time."
He rarely ever sees him relax unless he's here, or their alone. Sometimes it happens where he can see it, and he'd like to think it does when he can't, but he couldn't know. "Am I off base?"
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Date: 2025-03-13 12:59 am (UTC)"What for? I...I'd like to think you're doing it for you. Thinking of my own self, I have plenty of reasons to work on myself, but...to feel comfortable, normal? That's...what I want. But for you? I'd think you want to have a normal where you don't have to fight for it all the time."
He rarely ever sees him relax unless he's here, or their alone. Sometimes it happens where he can see it, and he'd like to think it does when he can't, but he couldn't know. "Am I off base?"