[yep. still nice. just. very nice. Peter's arms are up and around him before he can even think to pull away and he's not-He's not nearly as gentle because the first time they hugged it had also been their last and he hadn't known.
He hadn't known and he wasn't going to pretend it's okay anymore because it wasn't. It wasn't. And he'd circled through guilt and bargaining and anger so many times in the last half a year before reaching anything close to acceptance only to land here and it'd just-
no subject
He hadn't known and he wasn't going to pretend it's okay anymore because it wasn't. It wasn't. And he'd circled through guilt and bargaining and anger so many times in the last half a year before reaching anything close to acceptance only to land here and it'd just-
Everything had burst open.]
've never played backgammon.