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“What was that for?” He’s looking into my eyes the way I love

“I don’t know You just seeht” I feel closer to hihts here, like we’ve moved to a different place

I’ll find out whatever that et back

Reaching up, he holds ers “What’s that look?”

“What do you mean?” I tilt my head and smile

“You’re so s when you look at me that way?”

“You’re so s when you look at me that way”

“I asked first”

Pressingthat’s been on my mind since he said it “What you said about your father… You are a leader You were there every time Marley needed you It’s not fair to you to say you failed At some point men have to stand on their own”

He sits back, sliding his hands to ed on my watch It broke him”

I’m a little afraid to ask, but I can tell this is so important “Can you tell me what happened?”

A quiet moment passes I’m afraid he’ll say no, but he doesn’t “We were in Mexico on a peacekeepingone of the trucks It took us teeks to find him, and e did…” He stops and I see hiet over it”

His eyes don’t“You think it’s your fault he was broken” It’s not a question

“We were all given medals and after that, we all wanted out We joined the ood We wanted to be a part of the solution After that, well… ere all pretty changed by it”

I slide ether “I wish there was a way to show you it’s not your fault”