❛❛ I can’t trust you to love me. Not fully. ❜❜
The words feel…indescribable as they cross the sparse space between them, and Jim’s mind works furiously to process the sensation. It feels like…pain, and confusion, and…and…&…
Swallowing thickly, it’s piteous how quickly Jim accepts the words for what he figures they are and accepts this as his fault. It’s so easy for the younger man to blame himself despite how often he might argue otherwise. Deep down– he knows. Of course it’s his fault. Bones cannot trust him because of what Jim has done in his past.
The older man has watched Jim flirt and sleep his way through the academy, so why should he trust him? What exactly has he done to earn it? Nothing. Not yet. The blonde cannot hope to convince him otherwise in this moment, and so he doesn’t. Finally though, he speaks up while nodding dismally and not meeting the other’s gaze. “I understand…I know why you wouldn’t trust me. I’m sorry, Bones, I–…”
Trailing off, he frowns a little deeper and shrugs. “Maybe…maybe some day.” Or maybe not. He can’t know for sure. All he can know is that he will TRY with everything that he is to prove his worth because he DOES love the grumpy doctor-- hasn’t been able to untangle himself since the day they first met. But if Bones never trusts him... – “Just…you won’t leave, right?” i need you
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