There is. And there are going to be people who are affected even if they might not want to be.
[In that they might recognize that what happened in the Aerie isn't necessarily fair to be holding against anyone, but logic and trauma don't always play together very well.
It's going to be a difficult line to find, for Stephen and for everyone else.
The next question is more direct than he really expected, considering how awkward pretty much everything about all their conversations have been, but it also makes sense; they're already speaking, and their relationship is already... Tumultuous. He's kind of a safe person to practice having this sort of conversation with, since there isn't much to lose.
The problem, on Lance's side, is deciding how honest to be. It's not like it wasn't obvious in the rest of their conversation that things aren't going well in general, so completely brushing off the question seems pointless, but he also doesn't want to get into anything really personal.]
I've been better, but it has less to do with the Aerie than with everything else.
[A truthful answer, for the most part, without adding any real details. But hopefully it'll reassure Stephen about the actual issue at hand--what happened between them in the Aerie--while still being able to avoid going too much into what's actually going on.]
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Date: 2021-01-25 07:37 pm (UTC)[In that they might recognize that what happened in the Aerie isn't necessarily fair to be holding against anyone, but logic and trauma don't always play together very well.
It's going to be a difficult line to find, for Stephen and for everyone else.
The next question is more direct than he really expected, considering how awkward pretty much everything about all their conversations have been, but it also makes sense; they're already speaking, and their relationship is already... Tumultuous. He's kind of a safe person to practice having this sort of conversation with, since there isn't much to lose.
The problem, on Lance's side, is deciding how honest to be. It's not like it wasn't obvious in the rest of their conversation that things aren't going well in general, so completely brushing off the question seems pointless, but he also doesn't want to get into anything really personal.]
I've been better, but it has less to do with the Aerie than with everything else.
[A truthful answer, for the most part, without adding any real details. But hopefully it'll reassure Stephen about the actual issue at hand--what happened between them in the Aerie--while still being able to avoid going too much into what's actually going on.]