[Closed] misteaks' mistakes (catchall)

[gluttoning]

Who: Misteaks and also some other people
What: Event catchall + dungeon runs
When: August - September, maybe later who knows
Where: various, please note in headers
Content Warnings: parental death, child abuse (emotional/verbal), child death, ED mention. Please cw in headers.

[overflow and log space for August and September]

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[gluttoning]

[There's a slight wince from the redhead as he nods, feeling the brush of Morgan's thumb and letting himself relax his grip slightly in response. He wants to trust him. He wants to say he can trust him. But he knows he's just shown that, at least for this... he has some work to do.]

I do trust you. I want to keep trusting you. Some things... they just stick with me, I guess. But I need to work on seeing it for myself.

...

Thank you. For telling me what you thought.

[Both about him, and about his behavior.]

[tablescraps]

( He shakes his head, like it's not much to thank him for. )

... "The past is never dead. It's not even past." That's what Faulkner wrote, once.

( Mithrun doesn't have the words himself, but he can use the words of another. He gets the past still affects him. Maybe they're all retreading the same footsteps as they did before, every reiteration pounding the dirt flatter and deeper beneath their soles, until maybe once day they find a means to get off their well-trod path, so deeply dug below the earth's surface. )

I'll stay honest with you.

( And that's his promise. )

... Do you still want to go to the amusement park?

[gluttoning]

[I'll stay honest with you.

There's a flicker, brief, of what could almost be guilt. But it's swallowed quickly, under the press of Morgan's hand in his and the reminder of something better.]

I'll take your word for it. I barely managed Faulkner in highschool. It sounds like I might have missed out on something nice, though.

[The past really did have a tendency to stick around. Sometimes it wasn't too bad. Sometimes he wish it would just go to rest.

...

At the request, he nods, stepping alongside Morgan to open his room door for him.]

Yeah, I would.

Show me what games you learned with your friend. Or maybe we could try some new ones.

[tablescraps]

... All right. Old and new.

( Retracing old steps, and making new paths. Even if it's just for something small, like amusement park games.

And, with that, he pulls Barrett through the door. )