[No, not for long, and this is a truth that has more layers than she even means for it to. He won't be here for much longer.
But he is here now and the one lesson he cannot learn, the one he tried to learn and failed utterly at, the one that hurts him the most but that he still welcomes with fervor each and every time is this: what comfort he can give, what comfort he can get, no matter how shortlived and no matter the consequence, is better than no comfort at all.
He props her up when she goes still, and if he has been bold enough to wrap her up in an embrace in the first place, he does not do her the disservice of smoothing her hair back like he would have Cass, or Steph, or Buffy, or Felix, or even Sam or Ned. He just holds them both up and he gives her a chance to speak.]
[Spam : Day One]
But he is here now and the one lesson he cannot learn, the one he tried to learn and failed utterly at, the one that hurts him the most but that he still welcomes with fervor each and every time is this: what comfort he can give, what comfort he can get, no matter how shortlived and no matter the consequence, is better than no comfort at all.
He props her up when she goes still, and if he has been bold enough to wrap her up in an embrace in the first place, he does not do her the disservice of smoothing her hair back like he would have Cass, or Steph, or Buffy, or Felix, or even Sam or Ned. He just holds them both up and he gives her a chance to speak.]
Why not?