[She says, muffled, like a person who doesn't mean it in the slightest. But affection is always easier when it's unilateral, because when she's the one giving it, she's also the one controlling it. She's not nearly as adept at knowing how to receive it, which is awfully paradoxical considering it's also often the one thing she craves more than anything else.]
You're stupid and dumb and your face is dumb.
[But her sadness is melting away because of it, dissolving the way that sadness is supposed to in a moment like this — not the gripping inescapable weight that it had been for him in the forest but something more transient, something that goes and comes like a brushfire, rapid and devastating but quickly burning out.
There's a damp spot on his shirt, which is her fault. Which means it's already destined for a wash anyway, so she feels less bad about rubbing her face against his chest to dry her eyes a little further before drawing back just enough to look up at him.]
...And I'm stupid and dumb too so I guess we're meant for each other.
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[She says, muffled, like a person who doesn't mean it in the slightest. But affection is always easier when it's unilateral, because when she's the one giving it, she's also the one controlling it. She's not nearly as adept at knowing how to receive it, which is awfully paradoxical considering it's also often the one thing she craves more than anything else.]
You're stupid and dumb and your face is dumb.
[But her sadness is melting away because of it, dissolving the way that sadness is supposed to in a moment like this — not the gripping inescapable weight that it had been for him in the forest but something more transient, something that goes and comes like a brushfire, rapid and devastating but quickly burning out.
There's a damp spot on his shirt, which is her fault. Which means it's already destined for a wash anyway, so she feels less bad about rubbing her face against his chest to dry her eyes a little further before drawing back just enough to look up at him.]
...And I'm stupid and dumb too so I guess we're meant for each other.