If I were there, he wouldn't have been attacked. It wouldn't touch me.
[ If he hadn't walked away when he got his feelings hurt, if he had fought harder for what he wanted instead of turning on his heel and running away, again, he wouldn't be where he is right now. Hawk wouldn't have been injured, and Quentin wouldn't be sitting next to him and placating him into eating smiles and sweet words. They wouldn't even know each other. That would be...no, not better, but he would be focused. What kind of person thinks about another man's beard scratching against his neck when someone he actually loves is in the hospital?
Tim was overwhelmed before Quentin got here, and he's not making it better, despite his trying. It's good, physically, to be eating, but emotionally, it exposes more cracks than it patches. ]
Guilt isn't always a bad thing. It reminds you what's important.
[ Being pedantic, helpful. He sighs, tired, and takes another bite of his egg. With bacon. Getting there. ]
Some things happen for a reason. I think we're all here for a reason, for instance, and it's got to be deeper than the Balfours messing with us for fun. But fooling around with you in the baths while he was getting torn to shreds was a choice I made. Not God's plan.
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[ If he hadn't walked away when he got his feelings hurt, if he had fought harder for what he wanted instead of turning on his heel and running away, again, he wouldn't be where he is right now. Hawk wouldn't have been injured, and Quentin wouldn't be sitting next to him and placating him into eating smiles and sweet words. They wouldn't even know each other. That would be...no, not better, but he would be focused. What kind of person thinks about another man's beard scratching against his neck when someone he actually loves is in the hospital?
Tim was overwhelmed before Quentin got here, and he's not making it better, despite his trying. It's good, physically, to be eating, but emotionally, it exposes more cracks than it patches. ]
Guilt isn't always a bad thing. It reminds you what's important.
[ Being pedantic, helpful. He sighs, tired, and takes another bite of his egg. With bacon. Getting there. ]
Some things happen for a reason. I think we're all here for a reason, for instance, and it's got to be deeper than the Balfours messing with us for fun. But fooling around with you in the baths while he was getting torn to shreds was a choice I made. Not God's plan.