He presses his face into Quentin's neck and breathes heavily for a moment. "I don't... I don't like leaving him for too long right now. He seems to get lost in his head, and... there's nothing good going on in there," he murmurs. "I know he probably doesn't want me there all the time, but... it's hard to leave if I don't have to. Sometimes just talking to him seems to help, even if he doesn't answer or even look at me. Or reading to him.
"But I mostly haven't even been able to get close, until yesterday." And it hurts, even though he knows it's not about him and it shouldn't. He's slept on the floor, when he's slept at all, most nights since it all started. "And... Jedao told Tris it was okay for me to talk to her about it-" And he has, some, because he'd needed it so desperately. "But... it's better, talking to you." Because he loves Jedao as much as he does, and probably knows him as well in his way too... none of which really has much to do with the offer Quentin made, but it's a different way of coming to him, in Fives' mind.
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Date: 2018-10-12 07:28 am (UTC)"But I mostly haven't even been able to get close, until yesterday." And it hurts, even though he knows it's not about him and it shouldn't. He's slept on the floor, when he's slept at all, most nights since it all started. "And... Jedao told Tris it was okay for me to talk to her about it-" And he has, some, because he'd needed it so desperately. "But... it's better, talking to you." Because he loves Jedao as much as he does, and probably knows him as well in his way too... none of which really has much to do with the offer Quentin made, but it's a different way of coming to him, in Fives' mind.