[ richie answers flatly, clearly not happy with the explanation, but unable to offer any sort of response in light of his distinct lack of experience with it in comparison to the others.
he flips both hands palm up on the table between them to glare at their clear, unmarked skin, and starts tearing up all over again. this time he doesn't move to wipe them away though, too preoccupied with staring holes in his hands until his vision goes blurry from the tears and he balls his hands up into fists instead. ]
That stupid fucking town... won't stop until it takes everything from me, huh?
[ richie tries to make it sound like a joke, but there's tears leaking steadily from his eyes now and his knuckles are going white from how tightly he's clenching his fists, and no matter how hard he tries he can't seem to force his mouth into the shape of a smile. ]
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[ richie answers flatly, clearly not happy with the explanation, but unable to offer any sort of response in light of his distinct lack of experience with it in comparison to the others.
he flips both hands palm up on the table between them to glare at their clear, unmarked skin, and starts tearing up all over again. this time he doesn't move to wipe them away though, too preoccupied with staring holes in his hands until his vision goes blurry from the tears and he balls his hands up into fists instead. ]
That stupid fucking town... won't stop until it takes everything from me, huh?
[ richie tries to make it sound like a joke, but there's tears leaking steadily from his eyes now and his knuckles are going white from how tightly he's clenching his fists, and no matter how hard he tries he can't seem to force his mouth into the shape of a smile. ]