I will. But if I do it right now after you've had this discussion with him, don't you see how that will just make it worse? He'll assume — correctly — that I only know about what's going on with him because you came to discuss it with me.
( she'll have to wait, or find something innocuous enough it won't be upsetting. but she doesn't want to put herself in a position where she needs to lie to him, either. she's done enough of that.
anger flickers beneath her otherwise calm veneer, catching like a spark on a thatched rooftop. it's an effort not to lose her temper, something she's become increasingly aware of in recent days. so when she speaks, there's a bit of a bite to it, the emotion not able to be entirely undercut by cool rationality. )
And we're both his teammate. Stop acting as if you aren't.
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( she'll have to wait, or find something innocuous enough it won't be upsetting. but she doesn't want to put herself in a position where she needs to lie to him, either. she's done enough of that.
anger flickers beneath her otherwise calm veneer, catching like a spark on a thatched rooftop. it's an effort not to lose her temper, something she's become increasingly aware of in recent days. so when she speaks, there's a bit of a bite to it, the emotion not able to be entirely undercut by cool rationality. )
And we're both his teammate. Stop acting as if you aren't.