Closed;

[madrush]

Who: Tommy and Ocelot
When: Backdated to Ocelot's post
Where: The lounge; various
What: Talking
Warnings: None; will update if needed


[OOC: Continued from here.]

[After a brief conversation on the network with Ocelot, Tommy decides that meeting up might be a good idea. He doesn't really know how it'll all go or if anything will come from it, but he's willing to give it a try. He sends a text.]

Is the lounge good? I can be there whenever.

[He'll wait for a response before heading down.]

Comments

[madrush]

Billy’s not like that. He might think it’s weird but only because I don’t do it.

[He’d probably say something stupid and encouraging about how he’s proud of Tommy.]

Are you hypnotizing me now? I don’t usually open up like this.

[yer_pretty_good]

Maybe at first, if he's not used to it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to hear it from you.

[The last remark gets a smile.]

Hypnosis takes more than just a few words at a table to happen. Look, kid, your problem doesn't need hypnosis. You just need the guts to say the things Billy probably already knows. But if you gotta be pushed into doin' it, I can make you do it if that's what you want.

[madrush]

Should I text him?

[He realizes it’s sort of a cop out after he’s said it. Texting isn’t really talking and it’s not the best way to share feelings that have been pent up inside of him for years.]

Nah, I know I shouldn’t. I don’t really want you to, so I’ll have to make myself do it.

[yer_pretty_good]

If you can't start otherwise, a text is something over nothing. Or you could write a letter.

[But he can see that the idea of a text isn't satisfying to Tommy.]

You're both welcome to come into my office and talk it out if you think it would help.