Greengrass sounded pensive about it... but it also sounded like he understood the difficulty of it, at least a little. So his words might not be exactly comforting, but there was some relief in them regardless, and – well, Theo shouldn’t even be talking about this, but this conversation felt like the only thing left keeping him together. He couldn’t explain why; maybe Greengrass was a good listener. Maybe his presence was calming, non-judgemental. Or maybe that was just the inevitable side-effect of not being out here entirely alone.
Cash was hoping it wouldn’t, Greengrass affirmed. “And I know he didn’t have a choice,” Theo acknowledged miserably, in Cash’s defence, but I still hate it. He folded his arms around himself and sighed. “But yeah. It does.” Surely anyone who knew Cash could see the reluctance in all this, his father’s hand – surely anyone who cared about him could agree it was a bad situation. Theo wondered if Cash had talked about any more of it to Greengrass, or Greengrass could just read him well enough to figure out what he was thinking. Had he heard anything else about the marriage? Did he know any more about Cash’s father and the vow?
Or... did he know something else? A little late, Theo registered that something might have altered in Greengrass’ expression the last time he’d looked over. He’d seemed almost startled, hadn’t he? Theo swallowed quietly. (Did he even want to know?) Trying to feign that he hadn’t noticed anything different and wasn’t disconcerted by it, he only furrowed his brow and directed the question back before he said anything else too honest. “Did it, uh, change things for you?”
Cash was hoping it wouldn’t, Greengrass affirmed. “And I know he didn’t have a choice,” Theo acknowledged miserably, in Cash’s defence, but I still hate it. He folded his arms around himself and sighed. “But yeah. It does.” Surely anyone who knew Cash could see the reluctance in all this, his father’s hand – surely anyone who cared about him could agree it was a bad situation. Theo wondered if Cash had talked about any more of it to Greengrass, or Greengrass could just read him well enough to figure out what he was thinking. Had he heard anything else about the marriage? Did he know any more about Cash’s father and the vow?
Or... did he know something else? A little late, Theo registered that something might have altered in Greengrass’ expression the last time he’d looked over. He’d seemed almost startled, hadn’t he? Theo swallowed quietly. (Did he even want to know?) Trying to feign that he hadn’t noticed anything different and wasn’t disconcerted by it, he only furrowed his brow and directed the question back before he said anything else too honest. “Did it, uh, change things for you?”
