Oh thank god. [She can't stop the watery, sad, but relieved laugh that leaves her when he says it's the last of the shitty surprises, because their marriage might not survive any more shitty surprises honestly. They need to work through the bumps they already have. She needs to take the advice of that one person, have them work on their troubles together so the trials don't tear them apart.
But they will get through this, even if by her stubborn desire to stay with Marc. Because she doesn't love easily or lightly and she loves this complicated, difficult man with all her heart.]
And I know, I do. I meant it too, us working through all of this, trying again.. not giving up. [Even if part of her wants to hide and deal with these painful emotions like a wild animal licking their wounds. She just needs time.]
[In all honesty, it took Marc a little while to run everything through his head and be sure this was everything. But he told her everything about Bushman, about her father's death, about Randall, about the reason he went to Chicago shortly before sending those divorce papers... Yeah. That was everything. If there's even more, it's not coming to him.
He's still amazed she hasn't given up on him. Grateful, but amazed. He's used to being abandoned for far less.]
Okay... Thanks. [.....] I'll do the dishes. Make sure everything's cleaned up before Steven gets home.
[She nods, moving to stand and moves towards the bathroom, though she stops, lingering at the door for a second. There is so much she could say, so much she doesn't know how to put into words, so much that are just wordless, but she knows she doesn't want to walk away without acknowledging her own fault in what she's done.
It's obviously something that bothered him enough to bring it up and even though he's not apologized to her really for all this, she isn't gonna let that stop her. Apologizing his hard for her, but she lingers against the jamb for a moment, before sighing heavily.]
Sorry.. for kissing Steven. [There. She won't give excuses or reasons, just apologize for her part in what happened.]
[He was already getting up himself, more than ready to start gathering up plates and glasses, and anything else that needs washing. It'll keep him busy, keep his mind focused on something else. Hopefully. But he wasn't expecting her to pause by the doorway, so he stops in his own tracks and looks her way before she even speaks.
... Fuck. He made such a mistake, blurting that out. He shouldn't have said anything about it. Fuck-]
No. Don't...- It's okay. I shouldn't have... thrown that back in your face. Sorry.
[The sentiment itself still stands, though. Even with the divorce, even with the fact that Steven is technically part of him, it bugs him. And maybe if they'd still been home, as they're meant to be, it would've been easier to work through all this. Not now, though. Not when Steven has his own body and the chance to live a life that's more separate from Marc.]
No, you shouldn't have but.. [She shakes her head with a shrug, something as if to say 'what's done is done.' Still she just gives a sigh and looks at him for a long moment, eyes teary, face lined with grief and other emotions.
Again, her mind is a whirl of things to say, things without words, things she doesn't want to say. But instead she lets the silence hang as she steps into the bathroom and shuts the door to take a very long shower. If he comes close enough to the door, he might hear her crying as she sits on the floor of the shower and just sobs to try and rid herself of all these emotions that have no outlet, that just sit heavy in her chest and make it hard to breathe.
When the water starts to run cold, she will finally leave the shower and just go straight to her room, Marc's room, and go to bed. Though sleep won't find her for a long time.]
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But they will get through this, even if by her stubborn desire to stay with Marc. Because she doesn't love easily or lightly and she loves this complicated, difficult man with all her heart.]
And I know, I do. I meant it too, us working through all of this, trying again.. not giving up. [Even if part of her wants to hide and deal with these painful emotions like a wild animal licking their wounds. She just needs time.]
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He's still amazed she hasn't given up on him. Grateful, but amazed. He's used to being abandoned for far less.]
Okay... Thanks. [.....] I'll do the dishes. Make sure everything's cleaned up before Steven gets home.
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It's obviously something that bothered him enough to bring it up and even though he's not apologized to her really for all this, she isn't gonna let that stop her. Apologizing his hard for her, but she lingers against the jamb for a moment, before sighing heavily.]
Sorry.. for kissing Steven. [There. She won't give excuses or reasons, just apologize for her part in what happened.]
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... Fuck. He made such a mistake, blurting that out. He shouldn't have said anything about it. Fuck-]
No. Don't...- It's okay. I shouldn't have... thrown that back in your face. Sorry.
[The sentiment itself still stands, though. Even with the divorce, even with the fact that Steven is technically part of him, it bugs him. And maybe if they'd still been home, as they're meant to be, it would've been easier to work through all this. Not now, though. Not when Steven has his own body and the chance to live a life that's more separate from Marc.]
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Again, her mind is a whirl of things to say, things without words, things she doesn't want to say. But instead she lets the silence hang as she steps into the bathroom and shuts the door to take a very long shower. If he comes close enough to the door, he might hear her crying as she sits on the floor of the shower and just sobs to try and rid herself of all these emotions that have no outlet, that just sit heavy in her chest and make it hard to breathe.
When the water starts to run cold, she will finally leave the shower and just go straight to her room, Marc's room, and go to bed. Though sleep won't find her for a long time.]