neither a window nor a door | Glowfic Constellation

SHe'd almost looked forward to the nonsexual intimacy stage, when he'd thought he'd be able to do it with Asher.

He does his best to hide how miserable he is.

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here-is-no-water

"If it had been that long since I'd talked to Alana — I'd want to hear from her. That's all."

sincerity-and-reverence

"I can't imagine he wants to hear from me that badly. I spent four years giving him sleepless nights from entirely justified worry, and I've spent the last decade and a half torturing children into being heterosexual."

here-is-no-water

"Maybe," he says, and his face has gone very soft. "But if it was Lon, I wouldn't care. I'd just want to know she was okay."

sincerity-and-reverence

"You can tell him I'm joyfully serving God."

here-is-no-water

"I will."

sincerity-and-reverence

"I actually meant to ask what you were thanking me for."

here-is-no-water

"Mostly it seemed like the thing to say, but I did mean what I said about Alana."

sincerity-and-reverence

"Ron's doing a great job of keeping my success rate high."

here-is-no-water

...it is suddenly very, very obvious how fake Christine's smiles are.

"I imagine."

sincerity-and-reverence

"If they don't complete the program, I don't count them! And Ron's runaways almost never do. --You appear to be the exception."

here-is-no-water

He shrugs. "I have things I can only do if I stay and no particular reason to leave."

sincerity-and-reverence

"Like take care of Lev."

here-is-no-water

"Yes."

sincerity-and-reverence

"...Is your plan actually just to follow him around indefinitely doing whatever makes him happy while he becomes straight and gets married to someone who is not you and has children with someone who is not you?"

here-is-no-water