She might drop dead in a week, he might spontaneously combust tomorrow. Such was life.
Yes, indeed.
//The way I see it,// Jono said at length, a wry sort of look twisting at his expression as he bumped her knee right back, //it's all a bunch of 'eventually' and 'maybe.' I don't know about you, luv... But I think I'm tired of worrying about maybes. This might be a horrible idea for the both of us, but if we look at it in that light, all coloured in 'eventually,' what isn't?//
He sounded hopeful. He wasn't allowed to sound hopeful. Hopeful always went wrong. And yet, there he was. Hopeful. For the day or the week or whatever else their respective lifetimes had to offer.
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Date: 2009-09-30 06:23 pm (UTC)Yes, indeed.
//The way I see it,// Jono said at length, a wry sort of look twisting at his expression as he bumped her knee right back, //it's all a bunch of 'eventually' and 'maybe.' I don't know about you, luv... But I think I'm tired of worrying about maybes. This might be a horrible idea for the both of us, but if we look at it in that light, all coloured in 'eventually,' what isn't?//
He sounded hopeful. He wasn't allowed to sound hopeful. Hopeful always went wrong. And yet, there he was. Hopeful. For the day or the week or whatever else their respective lifetimes had to offer.