Hearing her lay it out like that—right down to pinning the women in his life that wouldn’t let him get away with anything—it should have left him feeling exposed. It had before, some of the stuff Ianto said to him before the team opened the Rift…
They’d been justified though. And Amanda, she wasn’t reading him. She was sympathizing. Empathizing. If long life had given him any gifts, lengthening his almost non-existent fuse was one of them so he could see moments like these for the gift that they were. Someone…who understood.
“Or like you’re going to break them.” He murmured. Meeting her gaze, he shrugged, almost sheepish. “I’ve done some things I’m not proud of, but…my people don’t let me get away with it. And—I’m not sure I ever realized how much I need that until now.”
Smiling, on impulse Gray lifted their joined hands and kissed her fingertips quickly.
“You’re one of them now, by the way. So never be afraid to rip me a new one if I’m outta line, okay? I like you…I look out for people I like.”
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They’d been justified though. And Amanda, she wasn’t reading him. She was sympathizing. Empathizing. If long life had given him any gifts, lengthening his almost non-existent fuse was one of them so he could see moments like these for the gift that they were. Someone…who understood.
“Or like you’re going to break them.” He murmured. Meeting her gaze, he shrugged, almost sheepish. “I’ve done some things I’m not proud of, but…my people don’t let me get away with it. And—I’m not sure I ever realized how much I need that until now.”
Smiling, on impulse Gray lifted their joined hands and kissed her fingertips quickly.
“You’re one of them now, by the way. So never be afraid to rip me a new one if I’m outta line, okay? I like you…I look out for people I like.”