The moment after the mess lays dripping, Alex reaches for Neil's hand. Attempts to uncoil the fingers before they dig into Neil's palm. The juice and pulp from the fruit are thick, sticky, and Alex only understands that there's something that Alex doesn't know here. Something that changed in the time Neil was gone. And Alex is an idiot, of course. Two violations happened to Neil and god knows what else... And here Alex is, harping on things that don't matter.
"...It's been a long couple of days," Alex says. "And a long couple of weeks before that. We should both just... focus on getting back to ourselves, maybe." An admittance, terrible as it is, that Alex is affected by all of this just as Neil is. Not in the same way, or to the same extent, but he is... ruined somewhat. By this and what happened.
Wouldn't the people that hate him love to know that?
"You've been dealing with that fever for a while, too. We should get washed up. Cool down." And clean the remains of regrets off of fingers and souls. Wouldn't that be nice?
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The moment after the mess lays dripping, Alex reaches for Neil's hand. Attempts to uncoil the fingers before they dig into Neil's palm. The juice and pulp from the fruit are thick, sticky, and Alex only understands that there's something that Alex doesn't know here. Something that changed in the time Neil was gone. And Alex is an idiot, of course. Two violations happened to Neil and god knows what else... And here Alex is, harping on things that don't matter.
"...It's been a long couple of days," Alex says. "And a long couple of weeks before that. We should both just... focus on getting back to ourselves, maybe." An admittance, terrible as it is, that Alex is affected by all of this just as Neil is. Not in the same way, or to the same extent, but he is... ruined somewhat. By this and what happened.
Wouldn't the people that hate him love to know that?
"You've been dealing with that fever for a while, too. We should get washed up. Cool down." And clean the remains of regrets off of fingers and souls. Wouldn't that be nice?