I've never met anyone even half so fucking willing to make excuses for my shitty behavior as you.

（ he rubs a finger along his browbone and then, impulsively, gets up and goes to sit beside where aidan's flopped in the grass. not touching him, not trying to, just. sitting an arm's length away, sharing the space. ）

Anyway. You never knew me before I started getting court-mandated therapy. The NA stuff, that's all them and Gal too.