Matt spits out the stupid ugly hand in his mouth and picks Maxie up, instead. he lifts him up high enough to bury his face in his shoulder and squeeze his eyes shut tight. ]
M'scared, though. What if he isn't back? I can't be here without him. It'll hurt.
[maxie looks at his spit covered hand in disgust for .005 seconds before he's being hugged emotionally which is really the worst thing that's happened to him today
jesus fuck he was not equipped to deal with this, but he liked matt well enough so. he'd try. he pats matt some more, awkwardly but sincerely, with the spit covered hand this time.]
It's best to cross that bridge when we get there. Just... help me groom Camerupt, that will take a while.
[sigh] ... I admit I don't really know what to do without him here either, Matt. We'll get by, and it will hurt.
[ Matt wouldn't be able to focus on Camerupt right now, all full of anxiety and nervous energy as he is. He just shakes his head and looks back into his room, his and Archie's room, and wishes he could just find a way to go back to sleep and wake up in a world where this wasn't happening. ]
We're only just getting back on track. [ he'd already said all this before, but-- the idea that archie would be gone now is so unfair that it's sticking in his head, rattling his thoughts. ]
All of us. All of us. Not just me and him! You guys were healin' and becoming bros again, you were-- figuring out things. Where you were gonna go from here. Where-- [ he runs his hands over his eyes, pacing now, faster and faster. ] Where are we supposed to go from here? You and me - without Archie.
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Matt spits out the stupid ugly hand in his mouth and picks Maxie up, instead. he lifts him up high enough to bury his face in his shoulder and squeeze his eyes shut tight. ]
M'scared, though. What if he isn't back? I can't be here without him. It'll hurt.
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jesus fuck he was not equipped to deal with this, but he liked matt well enough so. he'd try. he pats matt some more, awkwardly but sincerely, with the spit covered hand this time.]
It's best to cross that bridge when we get there. Just... help me groom Camerupt, that will take a while.
[sigh] ... I admit I don't really know what to do without him here either, Matt. We'll get by, and it will hurt.
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We're only just getting back on track. [ he'd already said all this before, but-- the idea that archie would be gone now is so unfair that it's sticking in his head, rattling his thoughts. ]
All of us. All of us. Not just me and him! You guys were healin' and becoming bros again, you were-- figuring out things. Where you were gonna go from here. Where-- [ he runs his hands over his eyes, pacing now, faster and faster. ] Where are we supposed to go from here? You and me - without Archie.