[continuations with tiny!Charles]

[mind_over_metal]

[so short and tiny and cute etc.]

Comments

[mind_over_metal]

[from here]

*freezes -- but only for a moment before answering with a sort of defiant casualness*

So?

[don't want this, want him to stop noticing, stop noticing stop looking at them at me like that stop stop stop]

[godwinner]

No.

[mind_over_metal]

*tries to pull his arm away, expression unhappy and almost mean*

[godwinner]

[ lets him pull away ]

[mind_over_metal]

*looks away, hands clenched at his sides.





shrugs.*

[godwinner]

[ stares at him for a while, not actually having anything in his repertoire to deal with this ]

[mind_over_metal]

*still not looking at him*

Would you prefer to forget about it?

[godwinner]

[ suddenly, viciously ]

Never ask me that. If there's something I don't know about you, it's your own choice, not mine.

[mind_over_metal]

*flinches but stands his ground.*

I... won't. Do that. Not to you.

*finally looks him in the eye again, though it clearly takes effort*

I promise.

[godwinner]

I don't need you to.

[mind_over_metal]

...please.

[godwinner]

 
 
 
 
All right.

[mind_over_metal]

*doesn't smile, but he looks less angry, less anxious. a little thoughtful, perhaps.*

If it weren't for me, you never would have known.

[godwinner]

[ tightly ]

So it seems.

[mind_over_metal]

Don't be too mad at him. If you could just... make it stop, wouldn't you want to, too?

[godwinner]

You've no idea what I know about wanting it to stop.

[mind_over_metal]

I do know about other people. If you want to, I could... try to...

[godwinner]

You don't know about this.

[mind_over_metal]

But I could.

[godwinner]

For what purpose, Charles?

[mind_over_metal]

*slowly growing livelier again*

Maybe I could help.

[godwinner]

I don't want you to.

[mind_over_metal]

Why not?

[godwinner]

Because I don't need to be fixed.

[mind_over_metal]

*makes a frustrated noise and starts walking away toward one of the tables*

I'm going to get some candy.