PHOEBE
"I used to have to fight my siblings."
Phoebe halted momentarily, eyes widening slightly, before she focused back on cleaning the plates. At first she said nothing - what did you say to that after all? - letting the immediate tension pass. "That must've been very hard." she said gently, glancing over at him with a little frown on her face. It wasn't pity she felt, but true empathetic sadness for him. Something like that could really hurt a person's mind, especially if they weren't predispositioned to be violent.
She moved to drying the dishes, biting her lower lip in thought. "Did the boys yelling and such remind you of that?" she asked, wondering if that had perhaps triggered the bad memories. Her brown eyes fell to the dishes as she dried them, stacking them to put them away when she finished. "It can help to talk about things like that...just to get it out. If you want to. Hearing it can help you process." she added softly.
Phoebe halted momentarily, eyes widening slightly, before she focused back on cleaning the plates. At first she said nothing - what did you say to that after all? - letting the immediate tension pass. "That must've been very hard." she said gently, glancing over at him with a little frown on her face. It wasn't pity she felt, but true empathetic sadness for him. Something like that could really hurt a person's mind, especially if they weren't predispositioned to be violent.
She moved to drying the dishes, biting her lower lip in thought. "Did the boys yelling and such remind you of that?" she asked, wondering if that had perhaps triggered the bad memories. Her brown eyes fell to the dishes as she dried them, stacking them to put them away when she finished. "It can help to talk about things like that...just to get it out. If you want to. Hearing it can help you process." she added softly.
When the static clears
And all is said and done
I will realize that we all need someone
