continued from here! @springjoy !!
“uh--” when casey doesn’t budge, misreading their need to be alone with her to talk, ethan begins to panic more. maybe she was a bad idea. she looked like she was having fun; what kind of person would they be if they tore her away from this interaction? “i meant-- actually--” ethan looks to the face they don’t recognize (in this lighting) and nod once, muttering some half-assed apology. they turn their attention back to casey and empathetically express, “sorry to interrupt. i’m just-- i’m gonna-- nevermind--” and they awkwardly push past casey, heading out of loud living room, down a drowned hall and pull their phone out to send their sister an sos.


















