duplicity ic inbox - FIRST STAY

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[ works for him. there's an idea. ]

Thank you.

[ that she hopes for anything for him is nice. the time is running out on his decision ( unsurprisingly, he doesn't like ultimatums ). he's not worried. he can endure anything. he can survive legally binding himself to another person like a possession because he has to. ]

But I can't leave my apartment with the current state of my tattoo. [ again, not her problem. ] Love is tricky. Sometimes, people think they're doing the right thing because of how they feel. Maybe he thought he was protecting you. [ oh. projecting now? ] It makes smart people act stupid and sane people crazy.

I'm not justifying the behavior.

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[ she would sign him if he needed it but right now, it feels like suggesting that would not be welcome.]

I'm so tired of people trying to protect me. I took down a murderer and helped bring him to justice. Then I faced down a serial killer and took him down too. I might look fragile but I'm not. And the last time he tried to 'protect' me, he broke my heart.

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I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying for some reason, he thinks it is. [ as someone that's made a slew of questionable decisions for the people near and dear to him, well, he gets it. he doesn't approve of it on anyone else. ] I don't think you're fragile based on what you've told me. Weaker people would have snapped under the weight of the truth.

I'm the last person to tell you to ask him why he thinks you are. Speaking from experience, having control of something is better than being powerless. [ what if he doesn't resent betty; what if he's envious? ]

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[ she's trying to hear what oliver says. she knows that jughead means well. none of it was done maliciously or to hurt her but in an attempt to do the opposite. she knows that but he managed to really hurt her and leaving her to face it alone is only making it worse. their life back home was just jumping one drama to the next, any time something went wrong with them, she could distract herself with whatever insane thing was happening to them.

here, she has nothing but time. ]

Maybe I will ask him then. Whenever he decides to talk to me again.

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You've already given him space and time. He'll come around.

[ if they love each other and oliver trusts betty's judgement of that fact, he's going to come back when he's ready. the goal here isn't to fill her head with false hope but to provide support in an area he's never excelled at in the past. he's trying. ]

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I know he will.

[ she trusts jughead that much with her own heart. but until he comes around, she's going to be wishing he wasn't gone and wondering why it feels like she's the one being punished. ]