Eli stop angsting

[truestpatriot]

I don't have the right to use that username. And most of the icons you choose for me still have me in uniform.

Can we stop playing pretend before we even start? I don't have the energy for this. And being honest, neither do you.

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...I thought so. But you can't say I didn't try.

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[withnopowers]

You know.

I'm pretty sure Captain America makes mistakes, too.

[truestpatriot]

I'm not Captain America. And right now, I don't want to be.

[withnopowers]

[firmly] You're the next best thing, no matter what you're wearing.

[quietly] Eli - you can't take this on yourself. [her voice goes softer still as she lowers her head] They wouldn't want you to.

[truestpatriot]

Then what can I do? I just want things to stop getting worse and worse.

I don't want... I don't want to lose anybody else, Kate.