#loveseen

       Fingers tap tap tap against the glass of the table in front of him. This isn’t a crime scene. None of this was supposed to happen, but it doesn’t stop HIM from being held responsible for the actions of others. He’ll take the blame the same way he takes it every time. With his head held as high as the sky in public -- but what he looks like at home has always been a different story.

        He’s learned to deal with grief and tragedy and loss and all of the other bullshit things life throws at him over the course of the last few years. After all, he didn’t really have a choice but to learn how to handle himself quickly. But at home, with his mother and his sisters, there’s always more truth than there is outside. If someone beyond these walls asked how he was doing...he’d lie. But to Becca......