[yes, he would only know of the one time, which is why he starts to frown and address that---but yes alright back on topic]
Well...I wanted to help with your recovery during withdrawal, but you were insistent that I shouldn't, and I couldn't understand why. And you said something along the lines of--[he frowns, trying to remember exactly how the conversation went, but he does't have Edward's perfect recall]--that you couldn't figure out my angle. And I explained that I didn't have an angle; that I was doing this because you're my friend, and I-I love you. [and there it is again, and he almost stumbles over it--but he's on a roll now so here we go] And you told me that was something you'd never experienced, and that my loving you was a mistake, because you were broken. [his brow furrows a bit, only because saying that is enough to make something ache in his chest all over again] To which I pointed out that I don't really think that there's anyone in Gotham that isn't broken, at least a little bit, in different ways. Because I certainly am. But even so, knowing all of that and all of those things...I still love you. [this time, no stumble--more steady.]
And you said the idea of that scared you. Love. Because you don't have any experience with it, from either side. Which is--I said that was fine, and if you needed clarification, ever, that I was happy to help you figure it out.
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Well...I wanted to help with your recovery during withdrawal, but you were insistent that I shouldn't, and I couldn't understand why. And you said something along the lines of--[he frowns, trying to remember exactly how the conversation went, but he does't have Edward's perfect recall]--that you couldn't figure out my angle. And I explained that I didn't have an angle; that I was doing this because you're my friend, and I-I love you. [and there it is again, and he almost stumbles over it--but he's on a roll now so here we go] And you told me that was something you'd never experienced, and that my loving you was a mistake, because you were broken. [his brow furrows a bit, only because saying that is enough to make something ache in his chest all over again] To which I pointed out that I don't really think that there's anyone in Gotham that isn't broken, at least a little bit, in different ways. Because I certainly am. But even so, knowing all of that and all of those things...I still love you. [this time, no stumble--more steady.]
And you said the idea of that scared you. Love. Because you don't have any experience with it, from either side. Which is--I said that was fine, and if you needed clarification, ever, that I was happy to help you figure it out.
[....] And then you fell asleep.