i confess i confess [glowverse]

[theunpressuredclub]

 Her shoulder had healed up well enough, although there would be some ugly scarring that would remain. The conversation with Lorraine, while not progressing much further that night, had opened up the door to equally careful conversations-- to a deep amount of thought, on Rachel's part.

Curled up beside Edgar now, his lips pressing softly against the cloth over her healed shoulder as they snuggle on the couch, she finds the words slipping out of their own accord. Doesn't doing anything to stop them, because she's finally started to recognize that maybe it's time to let it go.

"I know Drew-- thinks it's Papa," she murmurs, quite suddenly, "And it-- it is, sometimes. But it's usually... The bad ones, Ed, it's-- it's not him that does it. It's..."

And she can't quite work up the strength to actually name who it is, just yet. She needs to shift, settle more properly into his arms and tuck her head against his chest so she doesn't have to see the expression on his face.

Comments

so much and so many ;w;

[theunpressuredclub]

"More'n anything, mon lion."

It's what helps her take these steps forward like this, slowly but surely.

let's just have nice things /o\

[ofthecubs]

"And nothing's ever going to change it. Nothing at all."

She has to know that that's real as well. She has to believe that as deeply as she believes they're going to make things change.

we will get there /o\

[theunpressuredclub]

"I know."

This she trusts a little more, honestly. She believes in him-- in the glow that brought them more properly together.