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[outlierdirector]

a different path,
the same road.

When I thought that I fought this war alone
You were there by my side on the frontline
When I thought that I fought without a cause
You gave me a reason to try CODE BY TESSISAMESS

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[crazyisinevitable]

Stop. You won't let me down. You couldn't. [ He can't explain why he believes in her so much, but he just has this unshakable feeling that he does, and he can't make himself stop even if he wanted to. ]

You're- you're important to me, and you're special, and... I feel like we need to be together. We're supposed to be together.

[ He pauses as she presses herself against him. ]

Maybe you should put your hopes on me. Or maybe we can carry them together. That's what people do, isn't it?

[outlierdirector]

[ « I let them down... I let Dylan down. How can I EVER be someone reliable? What he needs--what he wants? »

Her eyebrows knit together as she further hides her face in the crook of his neck. Belonging together. Meant to be together. It all sounds so nice. Nice to the point she can't believe the ideas like he can. ]

I don't know, is it what people do? I've never had something like this. I don't know how any of this works. I don't let people in. They don't want to see the world for what it really is underneath the poster. You're--you're the first one.

[crazyisinevitable]

[ He realizes then that what she seems to be lacking is confidence in herself. Maybe he knew that already, noticed it already, or maybe he's just now seeing it and realizing what he might be able to do to help her. ]

Maybe it's not, but it could be what we do. We could figure out how to do it together. [ He doesn't plan on pushing her if she isn't ready or willing, because it seems to him that that's not what she needs. They could take it slowly, one step at a time. ]

We don't have to be like other people; who says we have to do exactly what they do? [ He knows he's never marched in line with what everyone else is doing, so in a way, this is just him being himself. ] Why don't we just do what we want to do, and figure things out as we go along? Together.

[ His hands curl around her in a way that he hopes is reassuring. Comforting. He wants her to feel like she's not alone anymore, because now she has him, and he'll fight the story or monsters or whatever the hell else to stay with her. ]

[outlierdirector]

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