“quit hovering, i’m fine.”

It feels sort of strange to be searching high and low for a person who was usually no more than a phone call away from him, but a lot of things had changed recently so he really shouldn’t be surprised that this was another thing on the list, though he does admit to being annoyed that even her own parents didn’t know where she was. Deadbeat assholes. Still, his moving hadn’t changed the fact that he still had friends in the area and after a few dead ends, they were able to point him in the blonde’s direction, leaving out the little tidbit about what exactly she would be doing when he got there. He tries not to be angry, he doesn’t want to judge her for what she feels she has to do to survive, but he knows his voice comes out as little more than a growl as he approaches the man she’s speaking to. “Move. On.” Young as he may be, the look on his face obviously convinces the man that it’s his best course of action and he scurries off, shooting a dark look over his shoulder. Taking a breath and blowing it out slowly, Ty turns to face V. “I didn’t think it was gonna be this hard to find you.” He tries for a wan smile while the rest of him seethes over the fact that she didn’t feel like she could come to him if she needed financial help. Had he made her feel that way? Was that the reason she’d stopped answering his calls? “Miss me?”

“why do you put up with me?”

“so how come your brother thinks you need help getting laid? you’re hot as fuck, don’t you do well enough on your own?” she hadn’t exactly intended to see nathaniel again, especially after the meltdown that was their first encounter, but once he’d bought her a drink at the bar to show there was no hard feelings and actually had a normal conversation with her, she found herself quite liking his company. hence her now making herself right at home on his couch with a pint of ice cream she nicked out of his freezer.

“i just want him to suffer like he made me suffer. does that make me a bad person?”

NO I DO NOT LEAVE ME ALONE HE JUST WANTS TO LOVE HER WHY DO YOU HATE LOVE

“Are you mad I missed Valentine’s day?”

“tell me you love me.”