@confectoris from x.
Wry smile takes bitten lips, concern still evident despite the simper. “You can’t expect me to fall for that.” After all, she does the same thing --------- distract from the question, make the conversation about THEM. Speaking of yourself risks remembering, risks the self - loathing bubbling hotter, more acidic. Cutting deeper. It is easier not to answer. “We’re talking about you, not me.”
( besides. she doesn’t have much of an appetite any more. )
“You’re still a growing boy,” she half - teases; he’s not truly a child, of course, but she cannot help but remember herself at nineteen and the thought alone is enough to make her worry. He’s still young. ( and so is she, truly. even if she does not feel it any longer. ) “You’ll stunt your growth.”








