[It's...about what he'd expected. The quiet, the beginnings of growing withdrawn. At least Adrian hasn't pulled away, and at least it seems as though his eyes are still dry. That — he'd been more worried about that, it turns out, than he'd realized.]
I asked her, before you and I got...serious. She thinks it's great. Bugs me all the time about when she's going to get to meet you. She wants to know who's been making her dad so happy.
[He sighs. It's an answer, but it's not really the answer to the question, now is it?]
I promised her I'd make sure she exists. I can't just — it wouldn't be fair to her. To just...take all of that away from her.
[He swallows.]
But the truth is, every time I think about the future, you're the one who's always in it with me.
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[It's...about what he'd expected. The quiet, the beginnings of growing withdrawn. At least Adrian hasn't pulled away, and at least it seems as though his eyes are still dry. That — he'd been more worried about that, it turns out, than he'd realized.]
I asked her, before you and I got...serious. She thinks it's great. Bugs me all the time about when she's going to get to meet you. She wants to know who's been making her dad so happy.
[He sighs. It's an answer, but it's not really the answer to the question, now is it?]
I promised her I'd make sure she exists. I can't just — it wouldn't be fair to her. To just...take all of that away from her.
[He swallows.]
But the truth is, every time I think about the future, you're the one who's always in it with me.