[Statements of affection aren't familiar or comfortable for Will, either. Mostly because the statements of affection he got for a long while came from a cannibalistic douche who wanted to be his bestie and parts of the world considered them husbands, but you know. It happens.
There's also a balance. When it comes to emotions, they're best used like spice. Just enough. Otherwise it's too hot and people start blubbering, and there are tears, and snotty noses, and sometimes in a happy way but also possibly in an outraged way that leads to brutal murders. Ain't nobody got time for that shit.]
Yeah. [He is getting out of emotional territory now, and fast, no matter how awkward that sort of response may seem. He glances down at the floor a moment, smile still in place. Less tense, small but real, and then he nods and makes his way back to the door.] There's a hidey hole magnet on the side of the fridge. We'll put some money in there before we leave.
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Date: 2016-05-05 01:27 am (UTC)There's also a balance. When it comes to emotions, they're best used like spice. Just enough. Otherwise it's too hot and people start blubbering, and there are tears, and snotty noses, and sometimes in a happy way but also possibly in an outraged way that leads to brutal murders. Ain't nobody got time for that shit.]
Yeah. [He is getting out of emotional territory now, and fast, no matter how awkward that sort of response may seem. He glances down at the floor a moment, smile still in place. Less tense, small but real, and then he nods and makes his way back to the door.] There's a hidey hole magnet on the side of the fridge. We'll put some money in there before we leave.
[Or a raccoon will. Potato, potahtoe.]
Have a good night.