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ᴡɪʟʟ ɢʀᴀʜᴀᴍ; ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ p̶r̶o̶f̶i̶l̶e̶r̶ ([personal profile] wontgraham) wrote 2019-08-07 11:47 pm (UTC)

[ Will points out facts in a direction that he knows is sensitive, and in return he gets...honesty. In a depth he's surprised to receive from someone as calmly private as Ben seems, and from someone who Will had unwittingly invaded the privacy of before.

He lets this sink in for a while.
] threes. tapping your fingers and your cigarettes and your matches. i hadn't realized it was...is it ocd? [ All the observations, left in the clutter of ones for Ben, suddenly string themselves together for Will at the words compulsive disorder. He hands them over dutifully, so as with the tent, Ben can keep abreast of just how much Will's learned about him. With Ben, that feels-- fair.

What do you say to a man who learned how to chase the monsters out from under his bed, and now looks for other beds to cleanse?
]

too many people in the same setting? or too passive? you seem like you'd prefer to do the tidying up yourself instead of trusting someone else to understand your instructions.

not that i should be interrogating someone on what guilts and compulsions and desires brought them to their careers.

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