[ Raleigh's... never been very good with keeping her emotions to herself, not really, and that's why she's a touch too slow to shut down the hurt on her features when he tells her that; the single sentence that cuts, and cuts painfully.
It's written there, plain as day, and suddenly she almost wants to laugh because why should she still be so surprised at how deeply he can hurt her? It's not like she didn't know what Chuck's like coming into this relationship -- and she doesn't know what's happened between him and his father that Chuck could hate him so much, but she knows that Herc's trying, and is it really worse than having a dad who didn't give enough of a shit to come back?
Something twists in her chest, anger coiling with hurt because that is a low blow and you know it, Chuck Hansen. They were kids when he'd abandoned them, leaving them with the burden of their mom's death, of supporting themselves because they weren't worth his time. She remembers when Yancy asked him to stay, when she'd cried and waited, and waited, and waited. ]
Yeah. [ She says finally, turning away. ] Richard Becket, father of the year. Let's give the man a medal, right?
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It's written there, plain as day, and suddenly she almost wants to laugh because why should she still be so surprised at how deeply he can hurt her? It's not like she didn't know what Chuck's like coming into this relationship -- and she doesn't know what's happened between him and his father that Chuck could hate him so much, but she knows that Herc's trying, and is it really worse than having a dad who didn't give enough of a shit to come back?
Something twists in her chest, anger coiling with hurt because that is a low blow and you know it, Chuck Hansen. They were kids when he'd abandoned them, leaving them with the burden of their mom's death, of supporting themselves because they weren't worth his time. She remembers when Yancy asked him to stay, when she'd cried and waited, and waited, and waited. ]
Yeah. [ She says finally, turning away. ] Richard Becket, father of the year. Let's give the man a medal, right?