[Aubrey’s quiet for a moment, still squeezing back. None of them know what the hell happens at that sleepover, do they? Kel wasn’t there.]
You know… [Quiet. Careful.] There was a time out here, when I was really mad at someone. I didn’t really understand it, at the time, but… it all came out, anyway.
Someone got really hurt because of that. I felt like I’d completely lost it, and…
[She thumbs over his knuckles.]
He got healed. I regret that it happened, but… we moved on. And since then, whenever I get really mad at someone, I’ve tried to… take it out, somewhere else. Before it comes to that.
[She doesn’t blame him, is the thing. Hell, that strategy hasn’t worked perfectly; Aubrey’s still yelled, thrown things, lashed out.
[Just— She’s never seen Sunny angry, has she?]
When I say I’m there for your feelings, too… I mean that. [When Kel told her about Basil, he all but offered himself for target practice.] In any way you need.
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[Maybe that should have been a question....
[Aubrey’s quiet for a moment, still squeezing back. None of them know what the hell happens at that sleepover, do they? Kel wasn’t there.]
You know… [Quiet. Careful.] There was a time out here, when I was really mad at someone. I didn’t really understand it, at the time, but… it all came out, anyway.
Someone got really hurt because of that. I felt like I’d completely lost it, and…
[She thumbs over his knuckles.]
He got healed. I regret that it happened, but… we moved on. And since then, whenever I get really mad at someone, I’ve tried to… take it out, somewhere else. Before it comes to that.
[She doesn’t blame him, is the thing. Hell, that strategy hasn’t worked perfectly; Aubrey’s still yelled, thrown things, lashed out.
[Just— She’s never seen Sunny angry, has she?]
When I say I’m there for your feelings, too… I mean that. [When Kel told her about Basil, he all but offered himself for target practice.] In any way you need.