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I shrug my shoulders How fucked up would it be for me to be safe when I didn’t do the same for Rolly? I should suffer the same fate

“What the hell, Oliver?”

“You can’t begin to understand what I’h”

“So, tell me”

I snarl “What do you want me to say? That I hate myself and I can barely stand to look in the mirror? That I don’t deserve to be protected when I failed ain about the risks, but I didn’t listen And look where it got us All of us I daht Because of what? My pride? Fuck” I yank aton the couch “Let et what I deserve”

“No None of this is on you Isn’t that what you told me?” She falls to her knees in front of me

I look over her shoulder, avoiding the hypnotic pull of her gaze “Your case is different”

“No, it’s not”

“Did you lose a child, Quinn?” I bark

I feel her flinch “No I get that you’re upset You want to rage at the world? Do it You want to grieve? I’m by your side But if you want to destroy yourself and do things I know you’ll live to regret later, I have to speak up”

“I don’t want to hear it”

“Doesn’t mean you don’t need to”

“Damnit, Quinn, I don’t want to be saved Just leave s

“Too bad Because I’m just as st

ubborn as you are, and I aiht noe’re s They pull, and we jerk They change the background settings, and we’re fucked” She slaps the couch cushions beside me “No more, Oliver”