#ask aram

[askarammojtabai]

Aram, my friend. You've been a little quiet lately. How are you holding up? ~love, Gnorm.

Ah, you know how it is. With everything that’s happened as of late, I threw myself into work for a little while. It’s easy to distract yourself that way. I promise I’m still alive and kicking, though. 

[askarammojtabai]

Were you expecting her to kiss you on the cheek? How did it make you feel?

I wasn’t expecting it at all. That moment was a rush of nerves―I had to face Elise and pretend everything was fine, that I didn’t know she’d been using me the entire time. I felt @confidxnteveryday kiss my cheek and everything just...stopped. For a moment, my nerves were gone and my thoughts immediately went quiet. 

And now I can’t stop thinking about it.

[askarammojtabai]

Do you still love Samar?

I don’t think I’ve ever stopped.

[askarammojtabai]

OOC

I'll be answering asks tonight if all goes well, so feel free to send 'em in!

[askarammojtabai]

If you're friends with Tom, you should know that he beat Liz. He also got Meera killed. And you would like to be friends with him. I believed in you because I loved Liz like you did, and I really feel like you let me down.

What Liz said about the matter was limited to me directly, but she has said before that she has forgiven him for anything he’s done, and he her. To my understanding, both of them did things to the other, both of them made choices that they regret. Do I know the whole story? No. Was it any of my business? No. 

If Liz was willing to forgive him, then as her friend, I have no place to insist otherwise. Especially since she’s now dead and that was her dying wish. To start things over. To begin anew with the father of her child. 

I don’t want to be selfish in creating a personal agenda against the man who knew Elizabeth Keen the best. I care about her very deeply and, if she was willing to make amends with a man who did everything he’s being accused of, then...I have to try. For her. That doesn’t mean I excuse him of his actions, but I’m also not going to disturb waters that I don’t have all the facts on, and I’m most certainly not going to do that when one of my best friends and the woman who was supposed to be Tom Keen’s wife has just been lowered into the ground in front of us. 

 So what if we disagree? So what if we question aspects and facets of the past? What’s important is what Liz thought, not those of us who weren’t there to witness it.