jonas / allstarz

[refractures]

fishes out my dissertation about how these two are so funny in juxtaposition

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[refractures]

Well, if your opinion didn't matter, I wouldn't have asked for it.

[ But he'll spare Jonas in asking again, because the answer seems apparent with that statement.

Mostly because he'll ask something else. ]

You told me that you like getting to know people before you decide your opinion on them. Did you ever want to ask your father about his decision?

[sixam]

[ that's a fair point, even though he'd also sort of meant he didn't think his opinion mattered much to his father.

this question is also a little unexpected, something he's not sure how to feel about. ]

Like I said, I'm glad he was happy. [ he will double down on that, because he has to keep telling himself this or he might just start feeling that resentment again of basically watching his entire life be upended and replaced. ] There's a lot of things I might've wanted to ask, but I don't think I was really in a position to ask. All I really know is he cashed out on some insurance policy, went on vacation across the country, met this woman and they got engaged and married really fast.

[ and there's a thin smile, followed by a soft shrug. ]

My dad and I weren't exactly on great terms either by then, but... we were trying. [ that's all he says, because that is also a lot to share with a stranger and he thinks it's best not to overshare without understanding or prompting. ]

[refractures]

[ Ah. Insurance policy for vacation money. He thinks he knows where that's going, and suddenly he feels like he understands Jonas's position a little more. ]

Trying is good enough.

[ Like telling him all this without getting too into it. ]

If you don't feel comfortable explaining it, you can just opt to say yes or no next time.

[sixam]

[ he could elaborate and explain it felt like a huge slap in the face when he'd spent the several months prior to that watching his mom die slowly, and then his dad left without him. he doesn't though, because it's not really something he thinks seodore will find relevant and jonas for all that he likes listening to people and has gotten good at talking through their problems is still someone who decides his own are things for him to deal with himself.

so yeah, the little line of tension that had subconsciously built in his shoulders drops and he laughs under his breath. trying is good enough, until it isn't. ]

Figured this makes us even for now, don't you? A few explanations for a few explanations.

[refractures]

[ hey Jonas dad... what the fuck

Seodore smiles a little. ]

Personal information trading, is it? Well... I guess I don't hate it coming from you.

[sixam]

[ if we only knew. ]

It's all a part of my job, you know. Bartenders are good secret-keepers.