He looks down at my jacket. I keep my face as still as I can.
...thirteen years, and he's still that hopeless. I raise an eyebrow, trying to disguise the shattering inside me. "If you know how ridiculous that is, then you know what you need to do."
I hate that I can't just do it for him. I hate that I can't grouse at him until he takes a goddamn nap, or eats the sandwich I brought him.
"You're an adult, Jin. You've done so much. But part of accepting that you're needed, is accepting that you have limits, and if you go too far past them you might not be able to meet other people's needs."
It's a hard, horrible lesson to learn, and it's one I still have to learn frequently. But if I have to lecture him to try to get him to have the closest thing he can have to sleep, then I'll lecture him until the sun comes up, goes down, comes up again. I do not care.
"He seems like a smart kid. He'll get his chance,' I say quietly. Even if he has to start all over here as physically eleven.
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Date: 2012-11-20 12:35 pm (UTC)...thirteen years, and he's still that hopeless. I raise an eyebrow, trying to disguise the shattering inside me. "If you know how ridiculous that is, then you know what you need to do."
I hate that I can't just do it for him. I hate that I can't grouse at him until he takes a goddamn nap, or eats the sandwich I brought him.
"You're an adult, Jin. You've done so much. But part of accepting that you're needed, is accepting that you have limits, and if you go too far past them you might not be able to meet other people's needs."
It's a hard, horrible lesson to learn, and it's one I still have to learn frequently. But if I have to lecture him to try to get him to have the closest thing he can have to sleep, then I'll lecture him until the sun comes up, goes down, comes up again. I do not care.
"He seems like a smart kid. He'll get his chance,' I say quietly. Even if he has to start all over here as physically eleven.