[She sighed and started to move into the hotel room, an arm circling her waist while she did so, trying to keep a smile on even as she sighed in exasperation.]
You're hardly toxic. Trust me. You don't demand of us the kinds of things such a person does, and you give so readily. No, no. Reaper is many things, but he's very old, jaded and cynical. Love, in his mind, will always fail. Heroes never live up to the image they have of themselves. People all have weaknesses to exploit. And arguments are meant to be won, even if it's with a cheap shot.
There's good in that old prune of a man, but he's also so shriveled inside that you two can't ever seem to view the world the same way.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2021-02-17 03:16 am (UTC)[She sighed and started to move into the hotel room, an arm circling her waist while she did so, trying to keep a smile on even as she sighed in exasperation.]
You're hardly toxic. Trust me. You don't demand of us the kinds of things such a person does, and you give so readily. No, no. Reaper is many things, but he's very old, jaded and cynical. Love, in his mind, will always fail. Heroes never live up to the image they have of themselves. People all have weaknesses to exploit. And arguments are meant to be won, even if it's with a cheap shot.
There's good in that old prune of a man, but he's also so shriveled inside that you two can't ever seem to view the world the same way.