（ but he. recognizes this place. not in the sense he's been here, not in the sense that he's seen it, but. he knows what a shitty place in the hollies look like because he slummed it up in so many of them. he can see himself and des getting high in the corner on a futon just like that one, heating up a can on the shitty single-element stove because he doesn't have any actual pans. he stands up, folds his arms in a way that's almost a defensive inward curling, shoulders faintly hunched.
he's out. he's been out for years. but places like this still hurt. no one should have to live like this, and so many fucking people do. he never even knew what it was like to have something else until gal took him in — people can get used to anything. maybe that's the hardest part to hear. ）
cw drug use/mention/addiction
（ but he. recognizes this place. not in the sense he's been here, not in the sense that he's seen it, but. he knows what a shitty place in the hollies look like because he slummed it up in so many of them. he can see himself and des getting high in the corner on a futon just like that one, heating up a can on the shitty single-element stove because he doesn't have any actual pans. he stands up, folds his arms in a way that's almost a defensive inward curling, shoulders faintly hunched.
he's out. he's been out for years. but places like this still hurt. no one should have to live like this, and so many fucking people do. he never even knew what it was like to have something else until gal took him in — people can get used to anything. maybe that's the hardest part to hear. ）