[ good enough. larry doesn't know what that means —not when it comes to his own emotions, much less when it comes to maine's. they're both in one piece, then? probably, at the least, that's what it means. (maine would probably say 'good enough' if he was injured but not very. larry turns that thought over in his mind for a minute before shaking it off.)
the question, the dinner invite comes as a surprise and so it's an unguarded ]
Yes. [ followed immediately by ] If you're sure you want me there? [ you meaning maine. you meaning both maine and gene. the two men he'd been closest to in the aerie, the two most regular partners of the man he'd been there. the man he isn't here, doesn't know how to be.
(how desperately does he wish he could carry that certainty, that easy acceptance within himself here. how desperately does he wish he could wrap the person he'd been there around himself like a cloak, sink into it, stop worrying.) ]
you and me both
the question, the dinner invite comes as a surprise and so it's an unguarded ]
Yes. [ followed immediately by ] If you're sure you want me there? [ you meaning maine. you meaning both maine and gene. the two men he'd been closest to in the aerie, the two most regular partners of the man he'd been there. the man he isn't here, doesn't know how to be.
(how desperately does he wish he could carry that certainty, that easy acceptance within himself here. how desperately does he wish he could wrap the person he'd been there around himself like a cloak, sink into it, stop worrying.) ]