you have survived every moment of your life
even the ones you swore you wouldn't
"So that I don't get overwhelmed and toss myself off a cliff to say hi to your dad," he teases back, all too aware of the truth that lurks behind the laughter. He appreciates her advice, and will surely try her meditations, but for all her wisdom he knows his own limitations.
Again he shakes his head, words rolling off his shoulders. "I value protection and safety over romance. I can love someone without being in a relationship, even if those feelings are more romantic." It's weird, to butt heads so peacefully and to do so with a half-god, but Harper is a 22nd century man with strong ideals and a lifetime of blood that has sealed his mind on certain issues. "Opposites can certainly attract, but there are also many fish in the sea. I can't change who I am, what I think. And many people are empathetic, but there's a difference between a comfortable love and passion. I still feel I haven't found it, even if I was ready." A hand comes to rub at his forehead, exhausted and unsure how to properly word what he wants to say. "I know to you it might seem like overcomplicating it, but love to me is complicated. Unifying two vastly different hearts, lives, and ideologies is no easy feat. It's choosing, every day, that this is the person you want to be with. It's not as easy as merely finding someone I like, to me." For all the offers and confessions after all, Tova had been his only partner. Ever.
Again he shakes his head, words rolling off his shoulders. "I value protection and safety over romance. I can love someone without being in a relationship, even if those feelings are more romantic." It's weird, to butt heads so peacefully and to do so with a half-god, but Harper is a 22nd century man with strong ideals and a lifetime of blood that has sealed his mind on certain issues. "Opposites can certainly attract, but there are also many fish in the sea. I can't change who I am, what I think. And many people are empathetic, but there's a difference between a comfortable love and passion. I still feel I haven't found it, even if I was ready." A hand comes to rub at his forehead, exhausted and unsure how to properly word what he wants to say. "I know to you it might seem like overcomplicating it, but love to me is complicated. Unifying two vastly different hearts, lives, and ideologies is no easy feat. It's choosing, every day, that this is the person you want to be with. It's not as easy as merely finding someone I like, to me." For all the offers and confessions after all, Tova had been his only partner. Ever.
this time is no different
you will last
