the words that fall off his lips; she hears them, but god. she doesn’t believe them. she doesn’t believe them, because in her heart of hearts she knows that if she was ever so stupid to let herself get into situation like she did, that she fully deserved it. in fact, she thought that was all she ever deserved at that point. she had worked so hard to keep her walls up, to build them up so high, that when she took them down she wasn’t even smart enough to realize that she was being blinded from the truth which was right in front of her.
‘ no, ’ she says, simply, tired eyes looking up at the man before her. ‘ no i deserved exactly what i got. this was all self inflicted, i should have known better, i sh———– ’ she stops herself before she writes a list that is ten miles long about all the things that she did wrong that led up to all these things that happened. ‘ i got what i deserved, will. ’
she lets out a deep sigh, one that made it seem like she had been holding her breath for quite some time now. ‘ it’s you that deserved better. you deserve a better psychiatrist who genuinely cares about your well being. you deserve co-workers who stand up for you instead of fight agaist, you and will———–you deserve better friends. ’ she’s referring to herself in that last one, never cutting herself even an inch of slack when it came to all of this.
‘ from the beginning i was the one that tried to keep you out of this———but nobody else gave a damn. nobody ever listens to me even though i’m right ! i don’t speak just to hear myself talk despite what jack crawford might think ! ’ she shakes her head, hand extending to touch his forearm. ‘ will it’s you that deserves better. ’
an angst meme that i lost ??? / @clockdrawn