[For a moment, Alex just blinked. Pain flashed on her face, because that was the downside of having such an expressive girlfriend. It was great when you were teasing her, but when she was hurting, it was evident. And this was a hurt like she'd not had from him before, at least not in a long time. The last time he'd hurt her this badly, he hadn't needed to see it, hadn't needed to watch her face just crumple, hadn't needed to watch her eyes lower in defeat, and he hadn't needed to watch her posture get smaller.
Even when she was worried about the two of them breaking up over the post on the network, Alex hadn't looked like this. She can't even look at him right now, not with the way that those words felt as if he'd slapped her. More than that, he doesn't even need to say that 'maybe'. It's there written in everything about him, and she didn't say anything as she just wrapped her arms around her chest and stepped out of his way.
He wanted to go, and it was clear that she couldn't make him stay. More than that, she knew Richard, and she knew how he could be when he was hurt and angry, how his bite could cut and sear and Alex's armor wasn't up to it anymore if it ever had been. She didn't know how to do that, not when he was doing this.]
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Even when she was worried about the two of them breaking up over the post on the network, Alex hadn't looked like this. She can't even look at him right now, not with the way that those words felt as if he'd slapped her. More than that, he doesn't even need to say that 'maybe'. It's there written in everything about him, and she didn't say anything as she just wrapped her arms around her chest and stepped out of his way.
He wanted to go, and it was clear that she couldn't make him stay. More than that, she knew Richard, and she knew how he could be when he was hurt and angry, how his bite could cut and sear and Alex's armor wasn't up to it anymore if it ever had been. She didn't know how to do that, not when he was doing this.]