❛ I’m a piece of shit. Why would you want my help? ❜
The Walking Dead Prompts;
“Thinkin’ like that won’t get you very far.” Especially not now. Not in this. However the words weren’t spoken with distaste or contempt, there was no ill will towards Jeff. A little bit of concern from time to time, maybe, but not disdain. Jeff was friends with his nephew, damn near raised by his sister and now he was here, with them. He was one of them, whether he believed himself worthy of that title or not. They all had their shit, he no reason not to include the younger.
“I need someone that can handle this kind of job without hesitation,” he stated, albeit quieter this time. “Someone capable. Think you can handle that?” A slight smirk then, head tilting in mock question of the decision. He was trusting Jeff with this without raising concern with the others, doing it quiet. Giving them a chance to help each other survive like a family. Brief eye contact was held with his (more or less) other nephew, a sort of silent understanding in a nod between the two that needn’t be vocalized.
Pausing mid-turn; gaze settled on the ground this time, nowhere in particular but with a flick of a glance upward. “You’re not a piece of shit,” he stated, fact in tone, “Never were.”