[Have you met Sprezzatura? he almost says, but instead opts for a simple shake of his head.]
No. But that’s not the only reason why.
[But wait, there’s more relationship drama. Alec didn’t sign up for it, and Henry doesn’t want said drama, but here they are.]
I told her that once we’ve escaped this prison, I’m going home with someone else. [Henry doesn’t have to wonder why he chose that moment to tell her; because those things that have “shifted” really do revolve around the man sitting next to him. The way everything wants to wheel around him, and how Henry does not stop it.] She had plans to ask me to do the same. I suppose in retrospect, the timing was bad.
[TO SAY THE LEAST]
She wanted to “save” me, Alec. And now she sees herself as a failure since someone else beat her to it. I don’t think there’s much salvaging this.
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No. But that’s not the only reason why.
[But wait, there’s more relationship drama. Alec didn’t sign up for it, and Henry doesn’t want said drama, but here they are.]
I told her that once we’ve escaped this prison, I’m going home with someone else. [Henry doesn’t have to wonder why he chose that moment to tell her; because those things that have “shifted” really do revolve around the man sitting next to him. The way everything wants to wheel around him, and how Henry does not stop it.] She had plans to ask me to do the same. I suppose in retrospect, the timing was bad.
[TO SAY THE LEAST]
She wanted to “save” me, Alec. And now she sees herself as a failure since someone else beat her to it. I don’t think there’s much salvaging this.