[In Eleanor's life, there have been very few people who've said the words "I love you" to her and even fewer people she's said it to herself (a grand total of two and both of them Stone Cold Steve Austin-related). She's cared about people, absolutley, but saying or hearing "I love you" has always been a huge waving red flag for her.
And then Michael has to go and drop it while they're both weepy and vulnerable and then, before she can even react, he's pulling away from her and running away because that's just how it always goes, isn't it? Someone says they care about her and then without fail they're gone. The only new thing about it is that it's not her who's running.]
Michael-! [...that's a closet. Michael just ran into a closet and she's stuck in her makeshift bed with a severely injured kid (what was his name again? Something with a B?) and the mortifying ordeal of being known on top of the pain exploding from her joints.
So she's going to do what any self-respecting Shellstrop would do- cram down all those feelings and vulnerability immediately and then one day she'll die. Again.]
Shit- Hey, uh...Casper! [#nailed it] You look like hell. Let's get you a band-aid or something. [If she can even get up which, given that sidekick gave her a 2, she starts to only to have her legs almost immediately and send her crashing to the floor.] Fuck!
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And then Michael has to go and drop it while they're both weepy and vulnerable and then, before she can even react, he's pulling away from her and running away because that's just how it always goes, isn't it? Someone says they care about her and then without fail they're gone. The only new thing about it is that it's not her who's running.]
Michael-! [...that's a closet. Michael just ran into a closet and she's stuck in her makeshift bed with a severely injured kid (what was his name again? Something with a B?) and the mortifying ordeal of being known on top of the pain exploding from her joints.
So she's going to do what any self-respecting Shellstrop would do- cram down all those feelings and vulnerability immediately and then one day she'll die. Again.]
Shit- Hey, uh...Casper! [#nailed it] You look like hell. Let's get you a band-aid or something. [If she can even get up which, given that sidekick gave her a 2, she starts to only to have her legs almost immediately and send her crashing to the floor.] Fuck!