Emmett
Scarecrow I think I love you, will you ever understand,
It's not as if I've fallen for this but I'm doing what I can
It's not as if I've fallen for this but I'm doing what I can
"I...I'm prolly just nervous right now. Don' worry about it." Emmett waved away the apology with a loose waggle of his hand. It was true he was on edge at the moment, raw in new ways every day. He could be scared, angry, happy, all in a second and without any kind of warning.
Usually, he did not make much conversation with strangers. But something in the gentle way Caiside spoke to him tugged at his heart, and before he knew it he was spilling out words. "Well, uh...Longnight..Longnight came, 'n' it's usually not so bad, but this time..." A heavy lump rose up in his throat and he swallowed it down. "My family, near all of 'em...a monster got in somehow...killed them all."
Saying out loud was still not any easier and he had to take a moment to calm his panicked breathing, push hands through his hair.
"Then...well, I dunno, I've been tryina keep the farm runnin' but I don' know how, then my girlfriend left me cos...I don't even know why, really, she got upset and I don' get it--" The hands in his hair tightened, gripping it hard, but Emmett didn't seem to notice or care. "She wanted me to kiss her 'n' stuff, but I was too caught up in alla it and I only needed a week to recover and get over it and--and--.."
Suddenly, he remembered where he was. Emmett laughed, a little desperate, and looked at Caiside. "...Sorry. Tha's a lot."
