goodguygrifter ([personal profile] goodguygrifter) wrote 2015-12-31 02:54 pm (UTC)

The shove makes Stan grimace, his expression going all threatening without even thinking about it. If this were anyone else - maybe even if this were just another conversation - he woulda' come back at that shove with a punch, and a hard one. But after baring his mistakes, making it so clear to Ford how he's failed him, all Stan does is let himself fall back on the bed, feels his arms tense but just uses them to catch himself on the mattress.

"You got one thing right, I am too late, too late by years. That's the thing. Whatever you done when I was off - you know, when I was uh, when I was away - you shouldn't of had to. Whatever you've done, it don't matter. I've done plenty a' shit too ya' know, real nasty shit, but you - you're different. You always deserved a better life, and you shoulda' had your brother there makin' sure you got it. Maybe I don't know the details exactly but I know that much, that's all I need to know. Come on, is it the blood loss talkin' or what? You never used to be this slow on the uptake."

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