ascendit: (it wasn't just about the book)

[personal profile] ascendit 2016-11-20 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
'least you finally told me.

[It's flat, the news stunning him too much for him to be too angry about it. Nate looks at him for a moment, then shakes his head.]

I'm... gonna go. [Not that he particularly has somewhere to be, he just doesn't want to be here, with the bearer of bad news.]

I'll see you around. [But he's not burning this bridge.]
sketchycharacter: (pic#10396474)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-11-21 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. See you.

[Nate's not bothered by the sudden need for distance. He knows why the kid is leaving, because it's exactly what he would do.

He just wishes he could have avoided breaking his own heart.]