[Good for you, Ray, but they're not the same person.
His shoulder burns where Raleigh touches it, he's just-- it's too hot, there's too much heat in here, the fire is threatening to engulf him again. Chuck things himself to be a rather tough guy, to swallow his feelings and not give anything away and maybe that's why this is so hard for him to deal with.
Chuck throws the window open and leans against it, for once Alaska works in his favor and it's nice. It's cool. It's how it should be. There's no fire, there's no danger, he's not going to burn alive.
He spends nearly a minute there before he feels more human, more like himself again and he can wander towards the kitchen.]
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His shoulder burns where Raleigh touches it, he's just-- it's too hot, there's too much heat in here, the fire is threatening to engulf him again. Chuck things himself to be a rather tough guy, to swallow his feelings and not give anything away and maybe that's why this is so hard for him to deal with.
Chuck throws the window open and leans against it, for once Alaska works in his favor and it's nice. It's cool. It's how it should be. There's no fire, there's no danger, he's not going to burn alive.
He spends nearly a minute there before he feels more human, more like himself again and he can wander towards the kitchen.]
Shit, we need something stronger than water.