"I feel too much sometimes. I wish I knew how to control it instead of shutting down. I could, once." He could use jokes to get away from it all before. Was it that possession had left him more shattered? Or was it just that he'd spent so much time not having to think or cope because Justice would cover for him that he wound up out of practice?
Nate shouldn't have to carry the weight of Anders' failure. But he does, because he loves Anders and Anders needs to remember that.
"You didn't do me wrong. I was hasty and putting my hangups on you. I'm not good at relationships. Or people." Or trust, or even just functioning sometimes.
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Date: 2017-03-18 04:08 am (UTC)From:Nate shouldn't have to carry the weight of Anders' failure. But he does, because he loves Anders and Anders needs to remember that.
"You didn't do me wrong. I was hasty and putting my hangups on you. I'm not good at relationships. Or people." Or trust, or even just functioning sometimes.