HARPER
"I think that's a brave way of looking at it. Where I came from it was just as harsh, and people eventually resorted to only looking out for themselves. So...thank you, again." He certainly doesn't want to annoy the man with his continued disbelief or gratitude, so Harper lets it drop from there with a cordial nod. It's not really his way to be so polite and reserved, but if it makes Loren feel more comfortable, at least he's achieving something.
"No good company required. Sometimes just having someone around helps ease the burden, I won't stick my nose where you don't want it. I'm probably not even in the right position to try to lift your spirits anyway." He can't help but give a wry laugh, because they've known each other all but a few minutes. "But I'd certainly like to help cook and supply company." Now Loren doesn't need to know that Harper could probably burn water, but he can at least prepare ingredients alongside the man now that they're living together. Mooching off the man's kindness will only make Harper's skin crawl otherwise.
They come to a bedroom, plain but furnished and - once the light is let in - far more homey than Harper has grown used to. There's an informational speech that he tucks away and commits to memory, and at the end he merely smiles warmly and takes a step into the room. "I don't think so. You'll get sick of me hearing it by the end of the season, but thank you." He won't make the man stick around if he's not wanting company, at least it will give him time to start sorting through the room and to get back to Phoebe's to grab the stuff he had packed.
"No good company required. Sometimes just having someone around helps ease the burden, I won't stick my nose where you don't want it. I'm probably not even in the right position to try to lift your spirits anyway." He can't help but give a wry laugh, because they've known each other all but a few minutes. "But I'd certainly like to help cook and supply company." Now Loren doesn't need to know that Harper could probably burn water, but he can at least prepare ingredients alongside the man now that they're living together. Mooching off the man's kindness will only make Harper's skin crawl otherwise.
They come to a bedroom, plain but furnished and - once the light is let in - far more homey than Harper has grown used to. There's an informational speech that he tucks away and commits to memory, and at the end he merely smiles warmly and takes a step into the room. "I don't think so. You'll get sick of me hearing it by the end of the season, but thank you." He won't make the man stick around if he's not wanting company, at least it will give him time to start sorting through the room and to get back to Phoebe's to grab the stuff he had packed.
and I was thrashing on the line
somewhere between desperate and divine
somewhere between desperate and divine
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
