[It's only for a moment, but seeing that fear in Stephen's expression makes her feel like someone's stuck a knife in her chest, and when he starts singing for her, she feels the aching in her heart as viscerally as someone reaching out to that knife and twisting it.
She should pull away, keep him at arm's reach, not confuse him with the parents she misses so dearly back home... but she doesn't want to do that. She wouldn't hurt Stephen like that, nor herself.
She doesn't like labels, but... she'll add one here, if it will help them both cope.]
Life throws you in To the unknown And you feel like you're Out there all alone...
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She should pull away, keep him at arm's reach, not confuse him with the parents she misses so dearly back home... but she doesn't want to do that. She wouldn't hurt Stephen like that, nor herself.
She doesn't like labels, but... she'll add one here, if it will help them both cope.]
Life throws you in
To the unknown
And you feel like you're
Out there all alone...