He doesn't miss that slip of tense, she looks so young, suddenly, and it makes something in his chest ache.]
I really wasn't prepared for that... [He thinks being honest is the best bet, here.] Do you want to talk about it? [He keeps his voice quiet, trying to respect the fact that she'd said anything to him at all.
He knows, now that he knows, how hard this sort of thing is to speak on, by anyone, nevermind being a teenager on top of it.]
Only if you want to. We don't have to. Totally up to you.
[There's something to be said about having a choice. It doesn't matter what the choice is, just that you get to have it in the first place. He knows that better than most.]
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[It didn't really bother him much.
He doesn't miss that slip of tense, she looks so young, suddenly, and it makes something in his chest ache.]
I really wasn't prepared for that... [He thinks being honest is the best bet, here.] Do you want to talk about it? [He keeps his voice quiet, trying to respect the fact that she'd said anything to him at all.
He knows, now that he knows, how hard this sort of thing is to speak on, by anyone, nevermind being a teenager on top of it.]
Only if you want to. We don't have to. Totally up to you.
[There's something to be said about having a choice. It doesn't matter what the choice is, just that you get to have it in the first place. He knows that better than most.]