LOREN
As Phoebe brought up his string of partners, Loren shrugged. "Physical intimacy isn't the same as emotional intimacy." However, he didn't contradict her, and his voice was incredibly hesitant.
Letting out a huff of bitter laughter, he tilted his head back and let it hit against the trunk of the tree again. "Or maybe the world should change, and we just haven't worked hard enough," he quipped, clearly not meaning it. Turning his head slightly so he could regard her, he tapped his fingers in a nervous beat. "So if I want to accept that I can't change everything, how would I go about doing that?"
He shook his head sadly. "But you shouldn't have to do that." Biting his lip, he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I suppose you'd tell me it's not a question of should, but of whether you want to. And of accepting that, and letting you do that." The words came out quietly.
Letting out a huff of bitter laughter, he tilted his head back and let it hit against the trunk of the tree again. "Or maybe the world should change, and we just haven't worked hard enough," he quipped, clearly not meaning it. Turning his head slightly so he could regard her, he tapped his fingers in a nervous beat. "So if I want to accept that I can't change everything, how would I go about doing that?"
He shook his head sadly. "But you shouldn't have to do that." Biting his lip, he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I suppose you'd tell me it's not a question of should, but of whether you want to. And of accepting that, and letting you do that." The words came out quietly.
look at how a single candle can both
defy and define the darkness
defy and define the darkness
