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[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-20 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Occasionally as men we need a companion to reach in and pull us back.

[A companion. A lover. A wife.]

That does not mean you cannot learn this experience, son.
Edited 2025-05-20 10:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] morewhoothanwhee 2025-05-22 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Verso's expression is too wry to be a smile. He can't help giving his heart away, but he knows full well not to expect anything that lasts.

It can't, not here.

Then his gaze drops down, and he takes a moment before replying.
]

Do you think... any of us here are even allowed to change how we are?
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[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-22 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[The question hardly registers. Renoir offers a raised brow. But that is only because he is enjoying the safety this device provides; to be able to communicate with family without them seeing the emotions painted on his face.

What the question actually does is shake him to the core.]


Does it matter? You are who you are, Verso. And who you are matters to us.

[Your family.

Because as much as he sees the question, he cannot begin to answer it properly.]