[ Will is maybe making too many assumptions on his end...but he did that plenty before any interference in his brain started. It's just too ingrained to change now. ]
[ If Will had had a more pleasant adolescence, he might catch on right now, accidental obtuseness or not. Instead, he goes with the worst possible assumption, stomach twisting: ]
[ Oh. Oh. Will feels his adrenaline even out, but there's still a tingling imprint of something hectic and uncertain— embarrassment, he assumes. This is definitely something he's never tried to help someone else navigate. ]
[will stares at the message for a moment, frowning deeply. he hasn't even remotely considered that someone might kiss someone and have them not be okay with it. clearly he doesn't have much experience with the subject.]
i haven't noticed the strings...lying to me. just exaggerating.
i know. it's easier to keep a friend than risk losing them over something like that. i've taken that chance, and it didn't go well. and i've seen someone else take that chance and it not go well. so congratulations, i think. if thats okay to say.
i think it's real. i think it's just giving a push. like a friend nudging you to try admitting your feelings to someone else.
if you can feel what the other is feeling, it might even have been him that was encouraging you...and you were encouraging him. that kind of reassurance can just make things happen...faster.
i'm glad he was okay with it [ And Will really, really is. This town's taken a lot from them, so when it gives them something, that's important. ]
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wontgraham) wrote2019-04-10 08:46 pm
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that's why i texted you.
[will, that is no less ominous.]
remember what we talked about? that one time, at night?
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yes.
about how what your dad told you was wrong, and how it's fine to be that way?
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yeah. that.
it's related to that.
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did you tell someone else about it?
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i mean he kinda started it
kinda
he really did it but i didn't stop it
[will isn't trying to be obtuse on purpose, but it's just kind of what's happening right now.]
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did someone find out and hurt you, Will?
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no no no
he kinda
kissed me
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was that okay with you?
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yes
i mean
kind of
it was cause of the strings
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don't know
i didn't think of it like that
i mean
i'd always felt it
for um
him
but i didn't wanna say anything and ruin it all
y'know?
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i know. it's easier to keep a friend than risk losing them over something like that.
i've taken that chance, and it didn't go well. and i've seen someone else take that chance and it not go well.
so congratulations, i think. if thats okay to say.
was he okay with it after it happened?
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what it's telling me i'm feeling, i mean?
congratulations is okay. it felt like a good thing.
it felt like the BEST thing
i think he was? it felt okay
we can feel each other's feelings and stuff
which is weird but i guess it's not too different from how we were anyways
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if you can feel what the other is feeling, it might even have been him that was encouraging you...and you were encouraging him. that kind of reassurance can just make things happen...faster.
i'm glad he was okay with it [ And Will really, really is. This town's taken a lot from them, so when it gives them something, that's important. ]
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i'm scared.
i didn't want it to happen.
i mean, i'm happy but i'm scared too.
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why are you scared?
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and that i might ruin things
ruin everything
or it might be wonderful
and then i'll have to wake up someday
and go back to the real world.