Yeah. I mean, he tried, at least. But it was a mess; he was hurting, too, and he wasn't any good making decisions, when he felt like that. Sometimes it was like I was the only adult in the house.
[ It always seemed to feel that way, even as a child; she was only thirteen when Miles left for good. By the time she was fifteen, she was totally on her own. Always the youngest, but always the responsible one. ]
It felt like being stuck in someone else's soap opera. It was so stupid.
[ She says it more like gossip than the more personal pain of the rest — as stupid as it was, if it hurt her then, it's a wound that scabbed over well enough. ]
Do you wanna hear about it? It's not really much to do with the rest, but—
[ —but how often does she volunteer these kinds of things? ]
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Date: 2019-11-25 12:05 am (UTC)[ It always seemed to feel that way, even as a child; she was only thirteen when Miles left for good. By the time she was fifteen, she was totally on her own. Always the youngest, but always the responsible one. ]
It felt like being stuck in someone else's soap opera. It was so stupid.
[ She says it more like gossip than the more personal pain of the rest — as stupid as it was, if it hurt her then, it's a wound that scabbed over well enough. ]
Do you wanna hear about it? It's not really much to do with the rest, but—
[ —but how often does she volunteer these kinds of things? ]