Great. Well, at least I can try to mentally prepare on the way over.
[ There's another pause as Derek starts to get himself ready, changing out of lounging clothes and into a pair of jeans, a shirt he doesn't really care that much about ruining, and a jacket.
Should he ask or should he leave it alone...? ]
If you want to talk about it, I'm listening. If you don't, I never asked.
[He can't even be objectively appreciative of the sentiment-- it begs too much toward a raw openness he isn't usually apt toward. So he doesn't even respond to that, and lets the silence speak for him instead.]
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[ There's another pause as Derek starts to get himself ready, changing out of lounging clothes and into a pair of jeans, a shirt he doesn't really care that much about ruining, and a jacket.
Should he ask or should he leave it alone...? ]
If you want to talk about it, I'm listening. If you don't, I never asked.
[ That should do it, right? ]
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[He can't even be objectively appreciative of the sentiment-- it begs too much toward a raw openness he isn't usually apt toward. So he doesn't even respond to that, and lets the silence speak for him instead.]
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[ Hint taken. ]