lio catch all

[burningrescue]

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[madburnout]

[ He can mean it all he wants, Lio’s still pretty depressed. And oversharing at this point -but it feels useless to hide things from Galo anymore? He somehow ends up telling him everything, every time. ]

I needed to be smarter. Smarter than he is, smarter than Blue. I am tired of being out maneuvered.

[burningrescue]

Hah. Me too.

[He feels depressed and sad too, especially after Lio says that. It hurts, to think of how easily used he was by Kray.]

Not my strong suit.

[madburnout]

[Laying there, wondering how nice he should be. He's pretty sad, but.]

. . . I believe you are much more intelligent than others give you credit for.

[burningrescue]

[He kind of laughs a little, automatically, at that, because no one thinks that. But also it sits with him, filling him with warmth that sits oddly with the contact sadness and exhaustion. Lio. . . Lio is the nicest person he's ever met. Isn't that weird? Isn't it weird how he knew before Galo did just how badly he needed someone to believe in him a little?

He scrubs at his face, embarrassed that he's going to cry a little, even though so many of these feelings are Lio.]

[madburnout]

[ please don’t cry then lio will feel like crying too and he doesn’t know how to do that without turning into a dragon made of flame

He just said an incredibly nice thing, so he has to tsun a bit to make up for it. ]

Which isn’t to say you aren’t also an idiot.

[burningrescue]

[Too bad. But he's wiping his eyes away, responding to that with a more genuine laugh.]

Yeah. I'll take that!

[madburnout]

[ With that laugh, he actually manages to break through the sadness wall - Lio actually? Laughs back? It’s about the most tired sound in the whole world, and he only smiles with one side of his mouth, but he does. ]