interval indeed.
tiredness and loss are the two things that really seem to strip people down to their foundations consistantly. It's startling to see honesty so plainly reflected in someone who you are accustomed to seeing through a wall of crafted charisma. I was too tired to react in any way though - my first response would have been to simply say the words that came to mind: you look tired, do you need a hug?, but I was afraid of carefully constructed walls behind fragile foundations collapsing and starting a flood. I'm not sure either of us would have made it through that. My name on his lips felt odd, new, he's never actually said my name before this. I am tired. Much too tired to be thinking on these things.