Sure do, [ he says, easily, and considers giving some kind of demonstration — but scott seems to believe him, truly, and then charles wonders if he shouldn't instead try and explain that people can't normally see him, that it's just something this place does —
but then scott's talking more, and charles' brain just bluescreens. frozen solid, all systems down, flashing error notices; because — ]
What?
[ ... oh god. oh fuck.
right, so — maybe he can see how the misunderstanding happened here. and really, scott's not wrong, exactly, because he does love edwin, except he's got the sense that this is in direct comparison to scott's probably dead girlfriend or wife or something, and he —
he hasn't exactly had time to think about what the hell he's feeling, has he? but for whatever reason, saying the words it's not like that, or we're not like that, it — they get stuck in his throat, and what comes out instead is, ] I mean — yeah. Yeah, he is.
his display name really comes into play here, wow
but then scott's talking more, and charles' brain just bluescreens. frozen solid, all systems down, flashing error notices; because — ]
What?
[ ... oh god. oh fuck.
right, so — maybe he can see how the misunderstanding happened here. and really, scott's not wrong, exactly, because he does love edwin, except he's got the sense that this is in direct comparison to scott's probably dead girlfriend or wife or something, and he —
he hasn't exactly had time to think about what the hell he's feeling, has he? but for whatever reason, saying the words it's not like that, or we're not like that, it — they get stuck in his throat, and what comes out instead is, ] I mean — yeah. Yeah, he is.