He tries not to treat this like he's being dressed down by a superior officer because it's not like that. And yet, in some way, it is. He knows that he disappointed him and that's worse than the anger. He fucked up in a cosmic way and hurt other people, sure, but that doesn't compare to what he did here.
He shifts a bit, meeting his face but trying not to straighten up. Trying to maintain a casual exterior because that's what people do when they have arguments and conversations and discussions with their significant others. They don't snap at attention.
Fortunately, the last bit of that is exceptionally easy. "Yeah," he tells him. "I get it. I didn't say you couldn't be angry at me, for the record."
He lets out a long breath.
"Just - I want to be what I said I could be. And after this? I th - I know what that actually means. A piece of it, at least. But." He pauses here. "I don't expect that you'll trust me again that much right off the bat and that's okay. That's fine. You shouldn't. Just - you don't have to do anything. But I'm going to do things."
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He shifts a bit, meeting his face but trying not to straighten up. Trying to maintain a casual exterior because that's what people do when they have arguments and conversations and discussions with their significant others. They don't snap at attention.
Fortunately, the last bit of that is exceptionally easy. "Yeah," he tells him. "I get it. I didn't say you couldn't be angry at me, for the record."
He lets out a long breath.
"Just - I want to be what I said I could be. And after this? I th - I know what that actually means. A piece of it, at least. But." He pauses here. "I don't expect that you'll trust me again that much right off the bat and that's okay. That's fine. You shouldn't. Just - you don't have to do anything. But I'm going to do things."