You can’t waste your time caring about random people you don’t know.

She looks like her SMART mom.

// post-murder clarity hit now he’s embarrassed .

Yeah you’re also my

……………. co-host

… Yeah, I. Guess I would.

+

… I shoulda told you sooner. I—
I didn’t… realize, you wanted that so bad.

+

( he murmurs against the top of her screen, rubbing slow circles in her back. his heart aches, wondering just how long she’d been hurting, pining, and he’d just… never noticed. he feels stupid, all of a sudden. stupid and ashamed. )

+

No— hey. Whatever I was busy with, none of it was more important to me than you. I… I shoulda realized that.

( he shifts a bit, like he’s trying to curl around her, shield her, keep her safe. )

It’s not, hon. It’s not your fault. I could never blame you for that. +

// tennar ….. :(

( he’s frozen. staring. he can’t bring himself to go back in and fight. what difference would someone as small as him make, anyway?

he turns again, and runs. )

( staring at her and trying to imagine that… )

Shit, okay, okay!

( he flinches as it’s knocked off of him and scrambles to his feet. tenna doesn’t have to tell him twice— he bolts as soon as he’s free. but just as he reaches the doorway something tugs at the back of his mind; he hesitates, turns back. )

Tens—

—Hey…

( oh… she’s so small. he sets a hand on her hand, gently. )

Hey, it’s okay. It’s not gonna do anything to you, kid.

// im sooo excited to see him…

// LMFAOOO

WhaHEY—

( it tackles him, bowling him over. spamton squirms, panic evident. ) Hey, hey! The hell’s wrong with you?!