For a moment Greg is silent, turning over Steven's words in his mind.
He spent a lot of time in the last few days feeling sick and scared, beating himself up and imagining the worst. That fear had enough time to sink in and get him to accept it as the truth. Now that he's been proven wrong, it takes a little extra time to recall that's not the truth, that's not the reality they're in, and the bad end isn't about to come hunting them down to ruin their moment of happiness.
Dozens of "but"s and "what if"s are whirling through Greg's head, ready to brush aside Steven's assurances. Instead, he takes a deep breath.
"It's so easy to come up with things that can go wrong." He blinks back tears--of sadness, exhaustion, release. "You're right, though. I wanna trust us more than I fear the rest."
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He spent a lot of time in the last few days feeling sick and scared, beating himself up and imagining the worst. That fear had enough time to sink in and get him to accept it as the truth. Now that he's been proven wrong, it takes a little extra time to recall that's not the truth, that's not the reality they're in, and the bad end isn't about to come hunting them down to ruin their moment of happiness.
Dozens of "but"s and "what if"s are whirling through Greg's head, ready to brush aside Steven's assurances. Instead, he takes a deep breath.
"It's so easy to come up with things that can go wrong." He blinks back tears--of sadness, exhaustion, release. "You're right, though. I wanna trust us more than I fear the rest."