[Before it could have gotten anger, the way it was said or the fact it was said at all, would have provoked such a burning anger out of him. Once had so much to prove. To fight and prove he was more than what most saw him as-
What did he have to prove now? Some laugh that held no mirth carried in his tone. Maybe he had always been and buried it under trying to be a good man.
Silence.
Here there were actual attempts at reaching out to him. Forced because he played along and there was some sense of- what? Questioning everything, couldn't trust in anything but himself. Wasn't even true.
Oh, bits of anger could be felt in that silence. Sharp and burning, but softened with doubts. Bitterness something sour and just as sharp, caused the fire of anger to smolder. Caged away were things he didn't allow to bother thinking about, to keep from having any
Hope.]
No one would bother trying to see outside of what I want to be seen. To think more than what is there, pick it apart, to see more than the monster it needs. To fear, to fight.
no subject
[Before it could have gotten anger, the way it was said or the fact it was said at all, would have provoked such a burning anger out of him. Once had so much to prove. To fight and prove he was more than what most saw him as-
What did he have to prove now? Some laugh that held no mirth carried in his tone. Maybe he had always been and buried it under trying to be a good man.
Silence.
Here there were actual attempts at reaching out to him. Forced because he played along and there was some sense of- what? Questioning everything, couldn't trust in anything but himself. Wasn't even true.
Oh, bits of anger could be felt in that silence. Sharp and burning, but softened with doubts. Bitterness something sour and just as sharp, caused the fire of anger to smolder. Caged away were things he didn't allow to bother thinking about, to keep from having any
Hope.]
No one would bother trying to see outside of what I want to be seen. To think more than what is there, pick it apart, to see more than the monster it needs. To fear, to fight.
Is it cowardice to not step out of that?