[Lance just raises his eyebrows at the first comments about overstepping when paired with what Ian actually says; he doesn't say anything, but his expression is very clearly 'I'm definitely very offended that you insinuated something so true'. But levity aside, he considers the idea for a moment, offering in response to Ian's last comment--]
Neither do I.
[He knows conceptually what those sorts of things are, and it's not like he doesn't have friends or anything--here or back home--but to say any of his friendships have been normal would be a stretch. He does a whole lot more guessing about relationships of any sort than he lets on.
As for the idea itself, he doesn't have any problem with it, but he's also still a little hesitant. Not because of the issue of talking--now that they've had this conversation, there's only one more major thing he hasn't brought up--but just because he knows himself, and knows how he feels when he lets himself do so. He's a little scared to actually allow that, and then have to just turn it back off in order to keep getting by here.
But that's part of the idea of telling people he trusts, like Ian and Nate, about this. If it gets really bad, they'll be there to help, and he believes they actually will.
So after another few seconds he nods, dragging his gaze away from the table where it had ended up again back to making eye contact.]
Okay. Yeah, we can try it, but with a caveat: it goes both ways.
[These are gonna be sharing sessions for both of them.]
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Neither do I.
[He knows conceptually what those sorts of things are, and it's not like he doesn't have friends or anything--here or back home--but to say any of his friendships have been normal would be a stretch. He does a whole lot more guessing about relationships of any sort than he lets on.
As for the idea itself, he doesn't have any problem with it, but he's also still a little hesitant. Not because of the issue of talking--now that they've had this conversation, there's only one more major thing he hasn't brought up--but just because he knows himself, and knows how he feels when he lets himself do so. He's a little scared to actually allow that, and then have to just turn it back off in order to keep getting by here.
But that's part of the idea of telling people he trusts, like Ian and Nate, about this. If it gets really bad, they'll be there to help, and he believes they actually will.
So after another few seconds he nods, dragging his gaze away from the table where it had ended up again back to making eye contact.]
Okay. Yeah, we can try it, but with a caveat: it goes both ways.
[These are gonna be sharing sessions for both of them.]