F 2 F 💕 Bang with me
Ashton: Every part of this felt like a reoccuring hit that he was delivering to himself, but he knew it was one that he'd have to take, one that he needed to let happen no matter how much it hurt to see the pain that seemed to be showing by Luke's expression and his words. "I know that's what I said, and it's the truth, I do know, but I've had a lot of time to think about what I need to do and with the time that I've had to myself so much recently, I decided to spend it with him when.. when others had your time. It wasn't something predicted or planned, but it's something that I can't allow myself to ignore." Ashton looked down at the hand that he had still been holding onto since before he told Luke what he needed, brushing his thumb over the back of it before slowly letting go to keep his hands down by his sides. "You know that what I feel never left and that it never would with you, but I need time with what else I'm feeling."
Luke: Just as the younger musician came to the depressing conclusion that nothing could feel worse than the emotions that were forcefully being presented to him in this moment, Ashton's hand released his own, proving him wrong. Now he wasn't just emotionally being let go, but physically as well, and to see that cold detachment with his own eyes in visual form was a heavy weight that his heart couldn't carry, causing it to crack under the pressure. "Time away from me?" The thought was just as crushing as the combined exertion of Ashton's words and actions had been, but the all-consuming pain that he felt was already at its highest setting, leaving him feeling more numb than anything else. "I thought that's what you didn't want. It's what you've been fighting against this whole time.. Now you just want me to go? Just like that?"
