[Neal abandons his drink as well and turns his attention to Emma. She’s willing to explain and while he prefers to distract himself she’s earned his full attention. She deserves his full attention. He listens quietly and waits. He doesn’t mean where they are located but it’s nice to hear a little about the world. He’ll look for a way to leave but Neal’s home has been wherever his life takes him. He’s sad about what he’s left behind but he’s used to feeling the pain of loss. It’s something he knows how to handle.
It’s odd to think that they are talking now. Emma is a part of his life that he thought he left behind but the more he listens to her, the more he realizes that he’s never completely forgotten Emma. He feels relief and tension since confirming that their pasts are the same though she has a future that he knows nothing about. It’s a lot to take in and while he’s accepted it as fact, he’s still processing the details more slowly.
Complicated seems to be a theme in his life. As much as he yearns for something simple it just isn’t his fate. This time when she mentions Tallahassee he can’t fight his smile and a little bit of the tension eases from his shoulders. It really is an amazing memory.]
Do you? Even after all this?
[He waves his hand as if that explains what he’s talking about. He means the future, their past. He isn’t sure he can forgive himself for leaving her like that even though, by some twist of fate, she’s forgiven him.]
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It’s odd to think that they are talking now. Emma is a part of his life that he thought he left behind but the more he listens to her, the more he realizes that he’s never completely forgotten Emma. He feels relief and tension since confirming that their pasts are the same though she has a future that he knows nothing about. It’s a lot to take in and while he’s accepted it as fact, he’s still processing the details more slowly.
Complicated seems to be a theme in his life. As much as he yearns for something simple it just isn’t his fate. This time when she mentions Tallahassee he can’t fight his smile and a little bit of the tension eases from his shoulders. It really is an amazing memory.]
Do you? Even after all this?
[He waves his hand as if that explains what he’s talking about. He means the future, their past. He isn’t sure he can forgive himself for leaving her like that even though, by some twist of fate, she’s forgiven him.]