[That causes him to shrink away from her. Some part of him tells him that she's just...protecting herself from further pain. That maybe if he was someone stronger, someone braver, he'd keep on insisting things were different. That it's not better to be alone all along and to enjoy any time you can get with people]
[But..he's not. He's not as strong as people seem to think he is, and he's definitely not braver. Words like that reminds him of words used on him too many times and they hurt too much. So..he backs away, like people do from sources of pain]
[Maybe someone else can get through to her. She'd be better off for it, he knows he's crappy company]
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[So that's how it is.]
[That causes him to shrink away from her. Some part of him tells him that she's just...protecting herself from further pain. That maybe if he was someone stronger, someone braver, he'd keep on insisting things were different. That it's not better to be alone all along and to enjoy any time you can get with people]
[But..he's not. He's not as strong as people seem to think he is, and he's definitely not braver. Words like that reminds him of words used on him too many times and they hurt too much. So..he backs away, like people do from sources of pain]
[Maybe someone else can get through to her. She'd be better off for it, he knows he's crappy company]
...Alright.