His smile is tight and brief: he wouldn't have come to Cassie without wanting this, wanting her to see through him despite the gap of time and experience. Wanting to know if she still could. "It's not your fault, I don't. He was a jerk, but I was upset for a lot of reasons, and I don't want that to be one of them."
Tim shakes his head. "No, there's just--there's so much he doesn't know, even things he's heard second hand, and just. So much happens, and I just feel stupid and selfish, wishing he'd gone through something horrible for the sake of perspective."
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:03 am (UTC)Tim shakes his head. "No, there's just--there's so much he doesn't know, even things he's heard second hand, and just. So much happens, and I just feel stupid and selfish, wishing he'd gone through something horrible for the sake of perspective."