[ that's the kind of genre he's from. the mundane things are the important ones. offering a nice slice-of-life reprieve is really all he has in this kind of situation.
so if that's not enough for even a few minutes... well, he's not much use here at all, is he?
he bites the inside of his lip for a moment and nods. ]
...Yeah. Okay.
[ he's still going to make an effort to give her hand a squeeze if he can. she can punch him for it if she wants to, he doesn't mind. ]
[The squeeze pulls at her. The words doubly so. Rosamund's face twists and her eyes grow prickly and wet. She has to shift her jaw to speak, and the sound comes out as a croak anyway.]
No. No, I'm not her.
[A different brand of monster, then.
Rosamund lifts his hand with hers, pressing it to her lips. Tears fall fast now, and she can't look at his sweet face without losing more.]
You're so very special, Totty. I wish...I wish I could repay you all the great kindness you've shown to me.
[ shit, he didn't mean to make her feel even worse. seeing her tears makes his threaten to start spilling over too. and then— oh.
the kiss to his hand is one of the last things he might have expected, and as she speaks those words that he doesn't feel should really be meant for him, he just stares at her and tries to blink away the tears that blur his vision. ]
H-huh?
[ repay him? in probably any other situation he'd be thrilled to hear someone speaking so highly of him, especially a girl he likes this much. but hearing it from her right now just leaves him feeling a heavy pang of guilt deep in his chest. ]
No, that's— you've already done that. I mean, you've always been nicer to me than I really deserved. I'm—
[ he swallows around the lump in his throat, hand trembling a little in hers. ]
I'm kind of a piece of shit, honestly. I'm self-absorbed and lazy and I lie all the time to make myself seem like a better person than I am. If anything, I've... maybe been a little better here because of people like you.
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so if that's not enough for even a few minutes... well, he's not much use here at all, is he?
he bites the inside of his lip for a moment and nods. ]
...Yeah. Okay.
[ he's still going to make an effort to give her hand a squeeze if he can. she can punch him for it if she wants to, he doesn't mind. ]
...But... you're not the Stepmother, you know?
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No. No, I'm not her.
[A different brand of monster, then.
Rosamund lifts his hand with hers, pressing it to her lips. Tears fall fast now, and she can't look at his sweet face without losing more.]
You're so very special, Totty. I wish...I wish I could repay you all the great kindness you've shown to me.
[Too little, too late.]
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the kiss to his hand is one of the last things he might have expected, and as she speaks those words that he doesn't feel should really be meant for him, he just stares at her and tries to blink away the tears that blur his vision. ]
H-huh?
[ repay him? in probably any other situation he'd be thrilled to hear someone speaking so highly of him, especially a girl he likes this much. but hearing it from her right now just leaves him feeling a heavy pang of guilt deep in his chest. ]
No, that's— you've already done that. I mean, you've always been nicer to me than I really deserved. I'm—
[ he swallows around the lump in his throat, hand trembling a little in hers. ]
I'm kind of a piece of shit, honestly. I'm self-absorbed and lazy and I lie all the time to make myself seem like a better person than I am. If anything, I've... maybe been a little better here because of people like you.