Then...he does feel something? Or at lest thinks he does, with that sort of reaction. His fool heart. His fool everything.
But he's right, Chris can't even trust himself to react how he'd want to normally, much less in a way that makes sense. The last thing he needs is to burst into tears over an admission of feelings once more. Then he might not remember how to stop. Besides, he'd rather have Hawke being honest and real with him, not careful or politic. Another time, but he can't leave him with nothing either, not when there's something.
He meets that wan smile with a small, softer, one of his own. "It is important, though. You're not wrong that now's not...best time for any of that. Not...I'd have me at my best for your fool heart. But do ask me about it later. I want to have the talk." Either to dispel the misplaced feeling or to encourage it, they'd just have to see.
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His fool heart.
His fool everything.
But he's right, Chris can't even trust himself to react how he'd want to normally, much less in a way that makes sense. The last thing he needs is to burst into tears over an admission of feelings once more. Then he might not remember how to stop. Besides, he'd rather have Hawke being honest and real with him, not careful or politic. Another time, but he can't leave him with nothing either, not when there's something.
He meets that wan smile with a small, softer, one of his own. "It is important, though. You're not wrong that now's not...best time for any of that. Not...I'd have me at my best for your fool heart. But do ask me about it later. I want to have the talk." Either to dispel the misplaced feeling or to encourage it, they'd just have to see.