... Is that it? You're willing to accept it all, just like that? You...
[ In his throat, he can feel his old fallbacks rising up - liar, she's lying, she's lying so she can use him - he's an easy target to throw under the bus, and now, he even knows that she's in need of one. But the words die before they can make it out of his mouth, and they're replaced by an unfamiliar heat.
Would it have been this easy, all this time? Would anyone have forgiven him so easily? Or is it just Stephanie that's this way? Because he's her partner? Because she's a hero? Or because she actually cares about him, in some way? He doesn't know. It might be safer, to keep playing the role of the villain, to drown himself in his misery and feed off the misery of others, and he's sure it's what he would have done before - but now he can remember his sister's face, and the fear he felt knowing how she'd disapprove of what he'd done, and he can't bring himself to go back. Jae-ha told him he had a choice, and the decision's been made for him.
Tears prick at his eyes, and he hangs his head, bringing one hand to rub at them. ]
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[ In his throat, he can feel his old fallbacks rising up - liar, she's lying, she's lying so she can use him - he's an easy target to throw under the bus, and now, he even knows that she's in need of one. But the words die before they can make it out of his mouth, and they're replaced by an unfamiliar heat.
Would it have been this easy, all this time? Would anyone have forgiven him so easily? Or is it just Stephanie that's this way? Because he's her partner? Because she's a hero? Or because she actually cares about him, in some way? He doesn't know. It might be safer, to keep playing the role of the villain, to drown himself in his misery and feed off the misery of others, and he's sure it's what he would have done before - but now he can remember his sister's face, and the fear he felt knowing how she'd disapprove of what he'd done, and he can't bring himself to go back. Jae-ha told him he had a choice, and the decision's been made for him.
Tears prick at his eyes, and he hangs his head, bringing one hand to rub at them. ]
Why do you always forgive me...?