[ By's lips press together. For a moment, he struggles to give voice to what's in him. What comes out is: ]
Bastien is fragile. More fragile by far than you or I, when it comes to matters of the heart. He could be easily shattered. So perhaps I pay him more mind, yes, I'll confess it, but it's because he needs it. Truly needs it.
[ Then he runs a hand over his face, and says on a breath out: ]
And if I held you like you were all that mattered, in that dream, it's because you were the only thing I loved left alive. We talked about this. You know that I can't give you all of me. Even if he weren't here, I couldn't.
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Bastien is fragile. More fragile by far than you or I, when it comes to matters of the heart. He could be easily shattered. So perhaps I pay him more mind, yes, I'll confess it, but it's because he needs it. Truly needs it.
[ Then he runs a hand over his face, and says on a breath out: ]
And if I held you like you were all that mattered, in that dream, it's because you were the only thing I loved left alive. We talked about this. You know that I can't give you all of me. Even if he weren't here, I couldn't.