[Vander found that to be empty words when he considered their history. Him, Silco, Jinx, and everyone else was guilty of something or another, and it could be serious or minor. He knew it was to clap back, nothing more because Silco was uncomfortable and when either of them were backed into a corner, they tended to lash out.
And could they be anything more than the men that they were? Still products of the cycle that had created them in the first place, but this time, they were in a different time and place but the motions remained the same. As much as they wanted things to change, things would continue to remain stagnant. Perhaps they fell into the pattern because it was comfortable and they could treat each other with their worst because that's how broken they had become with one another.
Or they were confident the other man could take them at their worst.
Vander snorted at the demand that he leave, and he provided Silco only a side eye as he popped his half-cigarette from his lips and tucked it away in a pocket to finish later. No, he shook his head as if what he was asked was ridiculous. The binding on their fingers was gone, but Vander could do nothing until the magnetism had faded, which he was honestly hoping would be sooner than later. If he had to listen to that cawing for another hour, he might be driven insane.]
I can't. I'm still tethered to being close to you. [He did the next best thing; he turned his back on Silco.] Stay there and contemplate silence and I'll do the same until this is over.
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[Vander found that to be empty words when he considered their history. Him, Silco, Jinx, and everyone else was guilty of something or another, and it could be serious or minor. He knew it was to clap back, nothing more because Silco was uncomfortable and when either of them were backed into a corner, they tended to lash out.
And could they be anything more than the men that they were? Still products of the cycle that had created them in the first place, but this time, they were in a different time and place but the motions remained the same. As much as they wanted things to change, things would continue to remain stagnant. Perhaps they fell into the pattern because it was comfortable and they could treat each other with their worst because that's how broken they had become with one another.
Or they were confident the other man could take them at their worst.
Vander snorted at the demand that he leave, and he provided Silco only a side eye as he popped his half-cigarette from his lips and tucked it away in a pocket to finish later. No, he shook his head as if what he was asked was ridiculous. The binding on their fingers was gone, but Vander could do nothing until the magnetism had faded, which he was honestly hoping would be sooner than later. If he had to listen to that cawing for another hour, he might be driven insane.]
I can't. I'm still tethered to being close to you. [He did the next best thing; he turned his back on Silco.] Stay there and contemplate silence and I'll do the same until this is over.