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Give me your herbs, worm.
Loverboy
A-Wall
Graham Byrne
Well. A lifetime of looking without leaping has officially come to bite him in the ass.
โDo you believe in God?โ What type of philosophical bullshit is that. Did that actually come out of his mouth? He didnโt know that was even a thought that he was thinking. Could he even think that? Like. He thought that it wasnโt even possible for him to vocalize thoughts like that.
Weird. Well, heโd officially stepped his foot at it. He ignored the sinking feeling in his stomach and turned his head to listen attentively.
Yeah. Life fucked most people over like thatโฆ Life was a terribly terrible thi-
Did you know that blackholes come from the death of stars?
She was asking him now. Asking him about his beliefs. And what was there to say? Heโd had Catholicism beaten into his spine. So he was pretty sure he believed in God and Heaven and Hell and all that junk.
He couldnโtโฆ really explain that to a minor now could he? She wasโฆ better. Right? She was the youth. She didnโt need a 25 year old man dumping all of his childhood trauma onto her.
โYeah, I believe in God... I also believe in mole people. And alien abductions.โ He said with a grin as he drank his pilfered vodka. Flippant and uncaring - though perhaps not exactly towards her vulnerability, just towards himself. โAll of that junk at once.โ
A small snort at his own joke as he took another drink. โIโm sorry to hear that life fucked ya up though.โ He sounded almost sincere. It was a very different tone that he used - the flippant dismissiveness giving way to a gentle caringness.
โIf youโd like to talk about itโฆ I mean. Iโm here to listen, love.โ He said gently. Caring. The throwing a pet name, not even him truly flirting like before. Just a bit of friendliness. He even sat up and crossed his legs. Cradled the bottle in his lap as he continued to drink intermittently. His accent slowly became stronger with the alcohol coursing through his veins.
โNothing if you donโt want though. There are plenty other conversation topics that we can get through that donโt require trauma bondingโฆโ A pause. Allow her to talk, to consider. Let her make a decision.
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