[He expected anger. The explosive burst of emotions that would cut Jonah deep, like Tim always had a way of doing right up to the end. "Why didn't you stop it?" "Why did you keep reading it when you knew what it was?" "Why did you let it happen?" All things he kept asking himself
If stopping reading would have killed him... maybe that would have been worth not destroying the world. It's what Jonah keeps telling himself when he can't sleep.
It's surprising when the anger isn't directed at him. He looks up at Tim, bewildered and openly vulnerable, having been ready to defend himself.
Where he had the words ready to explain about how he couldn't have stopped, Jonah sits. Speechless and lets Tim express what he doesnt have the energy to anymore.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2020-09-01 01:49 pm (UTC)If stopping reading would have killed him... maybe that would have been worth not destroying the world. It's what Jonah keeps telling himself when he can't sleep.
It's surprising when the anger isn't directed at him. He looks up at Tim, bewildered and openly vulnerable, having been ready to defend himself.
Where he had the words ready to explain about how he couldn't have stopped, Jonah sits. Speechless and lets Tim express what he doesnt have the energy to anymore.]