[ Oh. Will doesn't need to check the other's expression to paint a vivid picture of what that kind of home must have looked like. Nervous and flighty but-- painfully trusting, it's difficult not to think of how resilient children are. And how they don't often make for balanced teenagers.
But there's a small mystery here. Will hears 'my dad used to call me stuff' and he can think of dozens of words - stupid, bad, ugly, maybe even tainted - but not all of those translate to something that he'd think are...true. Unless it's about the ambiguous literal monster in the other's past? Will mulls it over, unwittingly drawn into the situation deeper just to try to find the answer he's initially missing. ]
You mean, you think-- something might be wrong with you? [ He's not quite getting it, his tone confused in a cautious way - Will's not happy to have this conversation, but it is important, and he won't stop asking until he's given plenty of signs that the other's done with the topic. ]
cw: homophobia/child abuse
But there's a small mystery here. Will hears 'my dad used to call me stuff' and he can think of dozens of words - stupid, bad, ugly, maybe even tainted - but not all of those translate to something that he'd think are...true. Unless it's about the ambiguous literal monster in the other's past? Will mulls it over, unwittingly drawn into the situation deeper just to try to find the answer he's initially missing. ]
You mean, you think-- something might be wrong with you? [ He's not quite getting it, his tone confused in a cautious way - Will's not happy to have this conversation, but it is important, and he won't stop asking until he's given plenty of signs that the other's done with the topic. ]