[ He catches the flinch, but just as he opens his mouth to apologize, to try to take back his words again, she's speaking, her voice raising, and it makes his jaw snap shut, his eyes widening a little.
Because it is true. The lies they'd told her had apparently endangered her more, because if they'd said something, maybe she would have told them about Peter. About feeling like she was in a nightmare.
And her words make him flinch in kind like she has slapped him, looking away when she stops speaking. He has failed, in multiple ways, and the first was the one that snowballed all of her problems with Peter. ]
Okay.
[ It's the only thing he can say, now, to that, knowing he shouldn't feel like the one that's hurt but feeling that way anyway. ]
... For what it's worth, I'm sorry. And it's never been because I thought you were weak.
[ But because he wanted to 'protect' her doesn't excuse it and he knows it. ]
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Because it is true. The lies they'd told her had apparently endangered her more, because if they'd said something, maybe she would have told them about Peter. About feeling like she was in a nightmare.
And her words make him flinch in kind like she has slapped him, looking away when she stops speaking. He has failed, in multiple ways, and the first was the one that snowballed all of her problems with Peter. ]
Okay.
[ It's the only thing he can say, now, to that, knowing he shouldn't feel like the one that's hurt but feeling that way anyway. ]
... For what it's worth, I'm sorry. And it's never been because I thought you were weak.
[ But because he wanted to 'protect' her doesn't excuse it and he knows it. ]