"because at this point, kid, with everything we've been through, with everything i've learned...i can't not like you."
It doesn't have to be perfect anymore. This is Wonderland. It's been two years. Two years and no Reset. There's no such thing as a perfect ending. There's no such thing as a perfect timeline. This timeline that Wonderland has created for all of them, it's been up and down. A lot of down.
But it's still going.
Whatever the future holds, they're family. And he knows he doesn't have a right to it, has absolutely no right to think of them as family. Who does to family what he's done to them?
But despite that, it's what he believes. It's what he wants. Wonderland won't let him deny it anymore.
He drops his gaze again. Stares at the ground. Grass, flowers. It'll all be under the snow before too long. Asleep.
"i don't know what the right thing is. if i should...work on that, work on earning back your trust...or if you'd be safer without me around. if--if it can be fixed, then you're worth whatever it takes. if it can't, then--you don't need one more toxic person in your life. i just--i don't know. i don't know which is right."
Be an adult. Own it. Commit.
He looks up at them again.
"i want to--try. to...give you a better life, help you be happy and feel safe. can we--do you think we can? i don't want to just--decide what i think is best for you. because i don't know best. i want to...work together. does that...make any sense?"
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It doesn't have to be perfect anymore. This is Wonderland. It's been two years. Two years and no Reset. There's no such thing as a perfect ending. There's no such thing as a perfect timeline. This timeline that Wonderland has created for all of them, it's been up and down. A lot of down.
But it's still going.
Whatever the future holds, they're family. And he knows he doesn't have a right to it, has absolutely no right to think of them as family. Who does to family what he's done to them?
But despite that, it's what he believes. It's what he wants. Wonderland won't let him deny it anymore.
He drops his gaze again. Stares at the ground. Grass, flowers. It'll all be under the snow before too long. Asleep.
"i don't know what the right thing is. if i should...work on that, work on earning back your trust...or if you'd be safer without me around. if--if it can be fixed, then you're worth whatever it takes. if it can't, then--you don't need one more toxic person in your life. i just--i don't know. i don't know which is right."
Be an adult. Own it. Commit.
He looks up at them again.
"i want to--try. to...give you a better life, help you be happy and feel safe. can we--do you think we can? i don't want to just--decide what i think is best for you. because i don't know best. i want to...work together. does that...make any sense?"