[ He's thinking it over. She can tell he's thinking it over, because he's not going straight for that bottle. She's careful not to push too hard, not to spark a fight here or say something to make him spiral. Careful to give him that moment of thought.
Because even if he considers it and still gives in to the desire, the need-want of it, it's a step in the right direction.
She can't ask anything more than that.
And 'I don't know' is a fair answer, isn't it? 'I don't know' isn't a refusal of her statement, a rebuff of her efforts. It's an open space in thought where her comment can settle and have some weight, and maybe tomorrow he'll think a little harder about it, and maybe the next day, and one of these days it won't be 'I don't know'.
As he passes her with that bottle - not looking at her, that's not all right, this isn't about shame or condemnation - she catches him gently, a hand flat to his chest. ]
I love you.
[ It's not an argument against his decision. There's no reproach in it. It's a still, it's a promise against disappointment. And an explanation for why she had to try. ]
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Because even if he considers it and still gives in to the desire, the need-want of it, it's a step in the right direction.
She can't ask anything more than that.
And 'I don't know' is a fair answer, isn't it? 'I don't know' isn't a refusal of her statement, a rebuff of her efforts. It's an open space in thought where her comment can settle and have some weight, and maybe tomorrow he'll think a little harder about it, and maybe the next day, and one of these days it won't be 'I don't know'.
As he passes her with that bottle - not looking at her, that's not all right, this isn't about shame or condemnation - she catches him gently, a hand flat to his chest. ]
I love you.
[ It's not an argument against his decision. There's no reproach in it. It's a still, it's a promise against disappointment. And an explanation for why she had to try. ]
It's all going to be okay.