October
when the night falls on you
& you don't know what to do
& you don't know what to do
Tobi's smile is small and secretive as Finn chokes. "Of course he did. We talked about it almost immediately after you two came home from your walk." Finn had gone back to his office to finish cleaning of course, which was when Ever, predictably, had recited nearly everything the pair had talked about. "Yeah, you did. You were kind and understanding of his feelings, but honest. I think he really appreciated it."
Pulling in a breath through her nose, Tobi lets her head tilt from side to side as she thinks. "Yes and no. I think because Ever is so different from the other children at school in so many ways he's hyper-aware and vulnerable to these sorts of things. I think he would like us to be married if only because then he'd have something unchanging in his life that he feels is right." Tobi's smile is understanding and perhaps a touch sad. "I told him that no matter what both you and I would always love him just the same, and that nothing could change that. I also pointed out that marriage couldn't protect against death, and so if he wanted reassurances we would all always be together, that wasn't it."
Pulling in a breath through her nose, Tobi lets her head tilt from side to side as she thinks. "Yes and no. I think because Ever is so different from the other children at school in so many ways he's hyper-aware and vulnerable to these sorts of things. I think he would like us to be married if only because then he'd have something unchanging in his life that he feels is right." Tobi's smile is understanding and perhaps a touch sad. "I told him that no matter what both you and I would always love him just the same, and that nothing could change that. I also pointed out that marriage couldn't protect against death, and so if he wanted reassurances we would all always be together, that wasn't it."
nothing you confess
could make me love you less
could make me love you less
