The kiss is sudden and - surprising, given the circumstances. But it reinforces the thrill that he wasn't quite sure he'd felt, the rush of catharsis lancing through his heart. He blinks at Herbert, watches the plate drop, then takes up another.
He looks at it, tracing a line in the dust on it.
"...And why SHOULD it always be up to me, anyhow? No one ever asked ME what I wanted while I was alive-"
SMASH. Another.
"No one ever liked who I WAS until I got HERE - not my family, not my teachers, not my classmates, CERTAINLY not the PROFESSOR who could not even REMEMBER MY FUCKING NAME-"
This one hits the wall. Alfred's shoulders are shaking, something vaguely manic in his expression as he finally, FINALLY stops trying to mend the dam around his own heart he's been patching for so long.
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Date: 2022-04-18 12:59 am (UTC)He looks at it, tracing a line in the dust on it.
"...And why SHOULD it always be up to me, anyhow? No one ever asked ME what I wanted while I was alive-"
SMASH. Another.
"No one ever liked who I WAS until I got HERE - not my family, not my teachers, not my classmates, CERTAINLY not the PROFESSOR who could not even REMEMBER MY FUCKING NAME-"
This one hits the wall. Alfred's shoulders are shaking, something vaguely manic in his expression as he finally, FINALLY stops trying to mend the dam around his own heart he's been patching for so long.