"I want everyone to be happy. I want everything to be better."
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so often they take things for granted– happiness, content, each other. when ashley speaks, eldon allows a simple silence to slip between them. maybe nothing quite needs to be said but the wavering tone in the other’s voice implies there’s some level of comfort needed, whether physical or verbal. some day, when eldon is dead, ash will need something to remember him by; eldon fears that just memory on its own won’t do, at least not for long. people have come into ash’s life so often and then left, and eldon knows he doesn’t speak of them much. curiosity wants to ask why; instinct says some things are better left unknown.
“hey,” is enough to catch his attention, eyes meeting across the small distance that has spanned between them. “everything will sort itself out, you don’t need to worry about that. everyone will be happy and everything will be better. i think i can certainly speak on behalf of belle and i when i say that you make things better; you and holden, even if he’s an ass most of the time– sometimes, not everyone can be happy. it takes time and healing and patience, and if you want to talk about that then i’m here but, you have to understand that it’s not for you to control. we don’t always get what we want, unfortunately. that’s not up to you to blame yourself for.”