Al had stayed over last night... and hasn't quite left this morning, either. The day is stretching on, and Barma is still beautifully comfortable, now immersed in a book, as his fingers trail through Al's hair.
"Everyone has their own issues and secrets. There is no one without them. A support network goes both ways, besides. If we look for someone to take care of us all the time..."
"... I think I misunderstood you. When you said 'the important thing is to ignore them', I thought you mean that was the opinion of the people you were talking about, directed toward those who have been hurt."
"I will never think less of you. I will never see you anything but what you are. You are a strong, incredibly kind, very smart, and impossibly brave man." Al's fingers brush back into his hair.
"I refuse to listen to anyone who can't see that."
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Date: 2011-11-08 07:44 am (UTC)He smiles.
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Date: 2011-11-08 07:51 am (UTC)He smiles up at him.
"I found a book that made me think of you. About the anatomy of kindness."
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Date: 2011-11-08 07:53 am (UTC)"Oh...? Tell me about it?" He settles down, cuddling against Rufus and Dodo with tea.
Life really can't get much better.
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Date: 2011-11-08 07:56 am (UTC)He smiles.
"You can explain it to me."
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Date: 2011-11-08 07:57 am (UTC)Al gives him a fluttery, sweet kiss on the cheek.
"I'll do my best."
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Date: 2011-11-08 08:00 am (UTC)"Is there anything you'd like to know?"
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Date: 2011-11-08 08:03 am (UTC)Stealing away a kiss.
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Date: 2011-11-08 08:11 am (UTC)Barma smiles.
"I think it's me that has the luck."
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Date: 2011-11-08 05:03 pm (UTC)He winks.
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Date: 2011-11-08 09:21 pm (UTC)He smiles.
"And you don't look down on me for what I told you?"
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Date: 2011-11-08 09:24 pm (UTC)His voice breaks a little, and he draws him closer.
"Never. God, no. How could anyone?"
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Date: 2011-11-08 09:25 pm (UTC)Firm.
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Date: 2011-11-08 09:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-08 10:31 pm (UTC)"Everyone has their own issues and secrets. There is no one without them. A support network goes both ways, besides. If we look for someone to take care of us all the time..."
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Date: 2011-11-08 10:32 pm (UTC)He insists, reading that in.
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Date: 2011-11-08 10:36 pm (UTC)"... I've only in the past few years realized that I truly needed one. Or even really how to be one."
He shakes his head. "I grew up ignoring all problems that didn't have an immediate and tangible solution."
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Date: 2011-11-08 10:42 pm (UTC)Smiling, indulgently.
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Date: 2011-11-08 10:46 pm (UTC)"... I think I misunderstood you. When you said 'the important thing is to ignore them', I thought you mean that was the opinion of the people you were talking about, directed toward those who have been hurt."
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Date: 2011-11-08 10:48 pm (UTC)He explains, cautiously.
"Ignore the opinions of the cruel, the gossip of strangers."
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Date: 2011-11-08 11:04 pm (UTC)He agrees.
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Date: 2011-11-08 11:12 pm (UTC)"I will never think less of you. I will never see you anything but what you are. You are a strong, incredibly kind, very smart, and impossibly brave man." Al's fingers brush back into his hair.
"I refuse to listen to anyone who can't see that."
He brushes his hair behind his ear.
"Including Xerxes."
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