WILL

[foreverphantom]

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[foreverphantom]

[ mumbles: ] ...just made it harder.

[stunwhistle]

...what do you mean?

[foreverphantom]

...it didn't hurt before, and now it does. Because when it hurts people, now it also hurts me.

[stunwhistle]

...do you want to go back to how things were before?

[foreverphantom]

...it would be easier.

[stunwhistle]

We don't always want the things that are easy, though.

[foreverphantom]

I know, Will, I'm familiar.

But it's not like that's ever mattered before.

[stunwhistle]

It matters now.

[his voice is soft]

...this place is kind of a nightmare, but - what you want matters to the people here.

[foreverphantom]

[ just. looks over the tiniest bit at will, allowing enough of his face to be seen that will can tell his eyes are glistening and wet. ]

[stunwhistle]

[ah. well.



he keeps a pack of tissues in his pocket, so. he pulls a pack out and offers him one, his expression concerned.]

[foreverphantom]

[ hides his face in his arms, because to accept tissues would mean admitting to both himself and will that he is crying ]

[stunwhistle]

[#toxicmasculinity



okay no. will just puts a hand on danny's shoulder.]

[foreverphantom]

[ yeah!

anyway thanks will. he won't say anything, but he's not going to shrug the hand off either. ]

[stunwhistle]

[then he will stay there with his hand on danny's shoulder until danny calms down]

[foreverphantom]

[ well. when he gets a handle on himself and does a quiet little sniffle as he looks up, he just. keeps looking. he doesn't know how to talk with a guy who just sat next to you while you cried ]

[stunwhistle]

[it's fine, he will not judge him for it.

gently - ]

...feeling any better? Sometimes getting it all out like that helps.

[foreverphantom]

...it doesn't change anything either way.

[stunwhistle]

I didn't ask if it changed anything, I asked if you were feeling any better...

[foreverphantom]

Why would I feel better when nothing's changed?

[stunwhistle]

Because bottling things up can hurt. Letting out those feelings and working through them - even if it doesn't change the overall situation, it can ease it a little, and make it a little easier to get to a point where you can change the situation eventually.