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[garrrr]

"I don't want to feel it anymore, Tommy," Gar says because that's really it. He doesn't know how to turn it off and it's exhausting him.

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"I know," Tommy assures him. "I don't think I'm a very good person. I know I have to keep smiling or my family is going to be worried. And my team is going to judge me. You do what you can, to get them to put up with you."

And sometimes that means lying to and about yourself.

[garrrr]

Gar sighs and he feels understood by Tommy at least. There's something nice about that. He looks down and his hands clench and unclench.

"I know you're a good person, though," he has to say but he understands feeling like you're not. That's the whole thing here isn't it.

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"Yeah, well, I know you're a good person," Tommy counters. "So why can't we both just be good people?"

They hate themselves and they don't believe it, but why can't it just be true?

[garrrr]

Gar actually smiles a little at that and he lifts a shoulder. "I guess we could live with that, right?"

[doubled_speed]

"Suppose we have to," Tommy agrees, and then starts walking further away. Come on, man, follow. They're gonna drink.

[garrrr]

Gar does follow and really he's feeling a little lighter but drinking is definitely going to aid in that further. He's still pretty sure about everything that'd happened, the confession, the fight with Dick? It was all shitty.

[doubled_speed]

"Hey Gar? I'm always here for you, dude," Tommy promises.

[garrrr]

“Really?” Gar says and it’s kind of a surprise to hear it and like totally unambiguously.

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"Really," Tommy offers with a wide smile. Kind and open. That's just who he is.

[garrrr]

"Thank you," Gar says softly. And maybe sometime talking would be what he felt like he needed. "I think drinking and sparring is what I need right now though, you know?"

[doubled_speed]

Hey, Tommy's a great listener. Hopefully.

"Yeah. I'll go easy on your. Keep it to normal speeds as much as I can."

[garrrr]

Gar bit back a slight smile at that. He supposes it's necessary. Super speed is something he definitely can't compete with.

"Thank you."

ftb here?

[doubled_speed]

"Always. That's what friends are for."

And it really is that simple.