' You look really tired. '
▊▋ϟ ❪ four words • accepting. ❫
❛ Is that so ? ❜
He doesn’t imagine that he could ever be tired enough for it to write itself across his face – everything’s possible, of course, but it all seems unlikely. Distant. ( a little weak, if he’s being honest. he can imagine the unyielding, clinical set of his father’s voice warning him against that kind of weakness. )
It’s something to contemplate, surely, but another day.
❛ Thank you for the heads up. ❜ The ghost of something smile-like flickers up the corner of his mouth. ❛ But that might just be my face. I feel fine. ❜
That is something that’s always true, so his voice can ring with conviction for just how fine he is.

















