it's not an unfamiliar feeling, worrying about ethan. it's what best friends do. whatever has changed and despite the roads they've had to travel on their own, that's the one thing that won't. he's still the person that made her smile and laugh when she thought she never would again. he's still the person that showed her she could have a family again after she had almost entirely lost her own. he opened the doors of his home and his heart to her without question, and she finds she is powerless to do anything but reciprocate in kind.
she shakes her head at his question, since it's not that anything is wrong and she doesn't want him to think it's seriously. her fingers curl around his, familiar and weighted, and give his a light squeeze. ] It's silly, and it's not ... [ it's not the main thing she wanted to talk to him about. she pulls in a soft breath, glancing down at the water herself before she thinks to speak again. ]
I'm not sure we're dealing with stuff like the rift. [ she tucks a strand of hair over her ear, looking over at him after a moment. ] I don't know if you've looked at journal entries lately, but ... there was a man, a while ago. Who claimed he could lead us to answers. [ she wants to protect ethan, wants to protect her family above all, but she knows he could easily stumble upon this information on his own - and she can't not tell him first. ]
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it's not an unfamiliar feeling, worrying about ethan. it's what best friends do. whatever has changed and despite the roads they've had to travel on their own, that's the one thing that won't. he's still the person that made her smile and laugh when she thought she never would again. he's still the person that showed her she could have a family again after she had almost entirely lost her own. he opened the doors of his home and his heart to her without question, and she finds she is powerless to do anything but reciprocate in kind.
she shakes her head at his question, since it's not that anything is wrong and she doesn't want him to think it's seriously. her fingers curl around his, familiar and weighted, and give his a light squeeze. ] It's silly, and it's not ... [ it's not the main thing she wanted to talk to him about. she pulls in a soft breath, glancing down at the water herself before she thinks to speak again. ]
I'm not sure we're dealing with stuff like the rift. [ she tucks a strand of hair over her ear, looking over at him after a moment. ] I don't know if you've looked at journal entries lately, but ... there was a man, a while ago. Who claimed he could lead us to answers. [ she wants to protect ethan, wants to protect her family above all, but she knows he could easily stumble upon this information on his own - and she can't not tell him first. ]