LOREN
Letting his hand fall from Phoebe's shoulder, Loren let out a huff of laughter. "I meant that we could hang out as friends. Maybe try to help each other feel less sad and lonely. That's all." It came out softly and tentatively.
Nodding in acknowledgement, he found himself biting his lip as she listed off what she saw as his better qualities. "I don't know if any of that's true." His voice was guilty, and he found his foot tapping anxiously against the ground. "And even if it is, I'm also needlessly cruel, terribly thoughtless, mentally unstable, and prone to shutting myself off from people and lashing out at them and driving them away when I need them most." His eyes were more filled with tears and he dashed the back of his hands against them almost angrily.
"And I don't think I'll ever get better. Not completely." Looking away from her, he squeezed his eyes shut. "So I guess I just don't want to...put the people I care about through all my moods and my tantrums."
Nodding in acknowledgement, he found himself biting his lip as she listed off what she saw as his better qualities. "I don't know if any of that's true." His voice was guilty, and he found his foot tapping anxiously against the ground. "And even if it is, I'm also needlessly cruel, terribly thoughtless, mentally unstable, and prone to shutting myself off from people and lashing out at them and driving them away when I need them most." His eyes were more filled with tears and he dashed the back of his hands against them almost angrily.
"And I don't think I'll ever get better. Not completely." Looking away from her, he squeezed his eyes shut. "So I guess I just don't want to...put the people I care about through all my moods and my tantrums."
look at how a single candle can both
defy and define the darkness
defy and define the darkness
