[It would be easier if they were different. If she really was what she said, a guy he'd never met...or even a guy he knew, but not with the face that had been haunting him since he realized she was just...gone, that there was nothing left to win back. It would be easier if he wasn't looking into those eyes, through that wayward hair he was forever brushing out of her face with his fingers when they were together...
But nothing's easy in his life. Alan doesn't get easy or even kind. He never has, and he never will...so he gets this.
Scout McCall...or whoever it is...speaking with that absolute conviction and faith he can't turn away from. She--he--believes it, with a purity that Alan can't insult by rejecting.]
I know you wouldn't. [He pauses, drawing a shaky breath as he rubs the back of his neck absently and forces himself to take a very small step back.] Neither would she.
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But nothing's easy in his life. Alan doesn't get easy or even kind. He never has, and he never will...so he gets this.
Scout McCall...or whoever it is...speaking with that absolute conviction and faith he can't turn away from. She--he--believes it, with a purity that Alan can't insult by rejecting.]
I know you wouldn't. [He pauses, drawing a shaky breath as he rubs the back of his neck absently and forces himself to take a very small step back.] Neither would she.