◇𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓵𝓪𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 (𝓡𝓔 𝓞𝓒)
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ᅠ claire doesn’t bite at the joke, not really. a faint exhale leaves her instead, something that might’ve been a laugh if the situation weren’t always threaded with that familiar tension she always seems to find around him.
ᅠ “again, couldn’t see you in the dark. —
ᅠ
lingering somewhere in the dark.
“I don’t know.”
He shrugs.
“I get it… I’ve had one too many nights just like that, for a while now. Feels like my brain forgot how to idle, in general. Always a little too loud.”
The answer comes easily enough. Not exactly a lie. Palatable.
ᅠ —no matter what he said to her. their shared experiences regularly made the sting worse.
ᅠ “yeah,” voice quiet. “i know that kinda night.” a pause then she continues, a little more pointed but still gentler than before, “but you don’t have to talk around it with me.”