– “oh that’s reassuring. you didn’t mean to. but you still did, and it still hurt.” gloria clenches her jaw and crosses her arms over her chest, staring down at the ground. she considers his request in a tense silence, finally sighing and glancing up at him, uncrossing her arms and stepping towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck, squeezing her eyes shut.
He loses his balance when she hugs him, already having unsteady legs from the alcohol.
-”I know, Glo, and I’m sorry. But I came back because I regretted being stupid.”
















