DANGEROUS LOVE
*lays next to Lance* what's wrong, don't want to get married?
*no...* Lance typed, though the word felt hollow even to himself.
*then tell your parents, they will listen.*
*they are not listening...* Lance began, and then, almost against his own will, the words kept coming, unraveling faster than he could stop them. *after that* — he could feel his hands trembling slightly as he typed, the old memory surfacing uninvited — *they are being very protective.*
He didn't need to explain further. Van already knew. Van had always known, had been there through all of it, through every sleepless night and every flinch at raised voices that had nothing to do with him.