delphine
"Because I have to hope you'd not knowingly hurt yourself and others... Because this, knowingly hurting yourself, would make you that monster that you fear." She snarled, drifting into silence as he asked what it'd take to make her leave him alone.
"Quit drinking. Quit drinking and I'll leave you alone." She wasn't here for herself, no, she was here for Noah. His needs came first in this scenario.
Her lips curled into a frown, "I'll get another hobby if you quit drinking and try to have a fucking life worth living. It's hard losing family, I get that, my parents died when I was eight, my brother beat me until the day he died, I lost my kids, my husband, my home and most of the people I knew are probably dead and buried. I get it."
She spoke fast, and quick, aiming to hurt. "You aren't the only person in this room that's lost their world. But the difference between you and me is that I'm trying. And I can't keep trying if I know you're going to let yourself die, recklessly, and stupidly when I can help you, and hurt Noah."
"Quit drinking. Quit drinking and I'll leave you alone." She wasn't here for herself, no, she was here for Noah. His needs came first in this scenario.
Her lips curled into a frown, "I'll get another hobby if you quit drinking and try to have a fucking life worth living. It's hard losing family, I get that, my parents died when I was eight, my brother beat me until the day he died, I lost my kids, my husband, my home and most of the people I knew are probably dead and buried. I get it."
She spoke fast, and quick, aiming to hurt. "You aren't the only person in this room that's lost their world. But the difference between you and me is that I'm trying. And I can't keep trying if I know you're going to let yourself die, recklessly, and stupidly when I can help you, and hurt Noah."
