[Ah, shit. It really is lucky this is just audio, because this way he can pretend that he can't hear the way she sniffles and the change in tone. Caring about people is hard, because all it does is open him up for getting fucked over, and he doesn't want to think that Ellie would do something like that, but he's not... great at trusting people.
But here he fucking is anyway.
Gods.]
I do have an image to maintain.
[So that's why he can't admit that he's being protective, it all makes sense.]
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But here he fucking is anyway.
Gods.]
I do have an image to maintain.
[So that's why he can't admit that he's being protective, it all makes sense.]
Lemme get my shit, where am I meeting you?