“You know I’m always here for you, right?” (last one i promise)
there’s a DISCONCERTING PAUSE, dawson cox taking a moment for SILENCE to SETTLE before he looks towards mirage, though still words stall.
“ ---you know you don’t have to be ?”
LOOK , HE KNOWS HE’S DIFFICULT --- bad attitude, bad outlook, & SHIT, undoubtedly BAD SMELL---yet despite all this, mirage has found some point in STAYING, something worth staying FOR---
( at least dox knows it’s not for MONEY. )
...but for as long as he chooses to remain, dox will be glad to have him - perhaps a little DESPRATE for such, as may be gleaned from how he reaches for his lover’s hand, interlacing their fingers & giving a squeeze that only FAINTLY trembles.
