[His smile's a touch sadder now, though. He's still sincere, but... this is really starting to remind him of years' worth of loneliness—and Anemone, Anemone.
—Because he didn't want her to worry about him either but when she did, for the first time he could remember, he was... happy. Except—he knows that that kind of happiness with her can't be permanent. Not here. And he's accepted it, but that doesn't stop it from hurting sometimes.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 02:47 am (UTC)[His smile's a touch sadder now, though. He's still sincere, but... this is really starting to remind him of years' worth of loneliness—and Anemone, Anemone.
—Because he didn't want her to worry about him either but when she did, for the first time he could remember, he was... happy. Except—he knows that that kind of happiness with her can't be permanent. Not here. And he's accepted it, but that doesn't stop it from hurting sometimes.]