[to be honest, there are a million places he'd prefer to be over sitting on this cot — like somewhere a lot quieter, listening to music and patching himself up like he's used to, and probably being kind of messed up over his own behavior, too.]
[he'd tossed himself out into the fray specifically because he's protective, and because there were people he was missing that he'd let down, and because there were people here that he desperately didn't want to let down, too. but then he'd gone and let a glaring vulnerability get the better of him, without really thinking on the consequences it'd have on the people he has grown pretty hopelessly attached to over the past several months. he knows he owes Rion an apology.]
[see, this is why John's the real hero, not him.]
Hey.
[Dave looks up from his laptop. speaking of emotional vulnerabilities, if he ever did find his shades, they're not anywhere in plain sight.]
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[he'd tossed himself out into the fray specifically because he's protective, and because there were people he was missing that he'd let down, and because there were people here that he desperately didn't want to let down, too. but then he'd gone and let a glaring vulnerability get the better of him, without really thinking on the consequences it'd have on the people he has grown pretty hopelessly attached to over the past several months. he knows he owes Rion an apology.]
[see, this is why John's the real hero, not him.]
Hey.
[Dave looks up from his laptop. speaking of emotional vulnerabilities, if he ever did find his shades, they're not anywhere in plain sight.]