[Billy sighs, then, leaning back against the couch, lips pursed.]
I don't know what to do, Rogue. I want to tell her. I want to tell her everything. But what is even the point? I don't think I could even exist in your world. And the story of why I exist in the first place isn't even a happy one. So what would she even get out of it? The knowledge that oh, hey, guess what, there's an alternate version of you that gets a home and a husband and kids and then gets to watch them all get stolen away from her? And then goes crazy and missing on top of everything?
[He laughs bitterly, then, head bowing to bury his face against his hands. It sounds even worse when he says it out loud.]
It's so goddamn selfish to want more from this than just... being friends. That should be enough, right?
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[Billy sighs, then, leaning back against the couch, lips pursed.]
I don't know what to do, Rogue. I want to tell her. I want to tell her everything. But what is even the point? I don't think I could even exist in your world. And the story of why I exist in the first place isn't even a happy one. So what would she even get out of it? The knowledge that oh, hey, guess what, there's an alternate version of you that gets a home and a husband and kids and then gets to watch them all get stolen away from her? And then goes crazy and missing on top of everything?
[He laughs bitterly, then, head bowing to bury his face against his hands. It sounds even worse when he says it out loud.]
It's so goddamn selfish to want more from this than just... being friends. That should be enough, right?