[ There's an impulsive edge to being rude that never quite anticipates a considerate response. The more texts that roll in, kindly addressing what Will sniped a complaint about just a few minutes before, the more he feels his stomach knot up with an awkward, self-aware apology that he doesn't want to have to voice.
Will's reply, even though he indirectly requested this, is several moments in the making. ]
i'd offer up a suggestion for later, but i don't think i'm a good person to ask about my own personal boundaries. if we negotiated it ahead of time, i'd probably warn you away from me in general.
it's only in the moment that i surprise myself with wanting to tell you things. or wanting to find out if you WANT me to tell you things.
it was an insult that was used to...frame me as fragile, and to turn me against someone else. and then later it ended up as part of a metaphor about impossible, broken things fixing themselves. me, fixing myself. so it was less an insult and more a [ he hesitates to use this word here, but ] grooming tool.
'teacup'. sounds harmless. and it's obvious based on what my puzzle looks like. but there's no chance that word wasn't picked on purpose.
yours doesn't seem as obvious, not unless it was 'copper'.
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wontgraham) wrote2019-04-10 08:46 pm
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Will's reply, even though he indirectly requested this, is several moments in the making. ]
i'd offer up a suggestion for later, but i don't think i'm a good person to ask about my own personal boundaries. if we negotiated it ahead of time, i'd probably warn you away from me in general.
it's only in the moment that i surprise myself with wanting to tell you things. or wanting to find out if you WANT me to tell you things.
it was an insult that was used to...frame me as fragile, and to turn me against someone else. and then later it ended up as part of a metaphor about impossible, broken things fixing themselves. me, fixing myself. so it was less an insult and more a [ he hesitates to use this word here, but ] grooming tool.
'teacup'. sounds harmless. and it's obvious based on what my puzzle looks like. but there's no chance that word wasn't picked on purpose.
yours doesn't seem as obvious, not unless it was 'copper'.