YAN-PARA au master post

[earthflames]

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX.

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[erank]

Inside still counts...

[slowly, hesitantly, he ruffles Diarmuid's hair]

[beautymark]

[leaning into the touch, but curling up more as he does]

I hate it. No one should pretend that people like us aren't monsters. If me being sorry makes him look forgivable, then I think maybe I should stop trying to be good.

[erank]

"People like us?"

[it takes a second for that to sink in with Cu]

Hey, don't go saying you're the same as him. He's not crazy, he's just sick.

[beautymark]

It's not much different...

[erank]

...'s enough difference for me.

[beautymark]

How can you say that when you've already agreed that I'll be the end of you?

[erank]

[Cu gives a small shrug -- there's something not cheerful, not sullen, just quietly accepting about the motion]

Just telling you the truth, man.

[beautymark]

[He can't accept that. Only a monster would kill someone he loves so dearly. He can't divorce his mental image of himself from the creature he becomes at only the slightest push.

He shakes his head, curling up as tight as he can manage with his injuries.]

[erank]

[He lets Diarmuid curl up for a moment, then slowly sits himself down on the floor beside him]

I know that you think you're too fucked up, but I'd still rather have you around than not.

[beautymark]

...I'm sorry. I wish I could be better.