03-09-2020, 04:07 PM
As soon as the man had left, Anthony started sobbing and crying very loudly into Elijah's shoulder, just letting out all the emotion he had held back when Ben was still there. He felt as if he was trespassing by even just being here—the looming voices in his head that told him he's a waste of space and unworthy of love and a disgrace had returned, it seems. "It's fine. It's fine," he said inbetween his sobs. It wasn't Elijah's fault that any of this happened, and he certainly didn't understand why he's the one apologizing, but he didn't say anything about it.