He also tenses a little automatically when they draw closer, but fortunately they are smart enough to move slowly like they're fucking trying to pick a rattlesnake up off the road. Lucas doesn't lash out, even if the tension doesn't abate. Oh to be sweaty and shaky and tired and a bit roughed up from killing an innocent man but still trying so desperately to keep all your pieces together.
Again, it takes him a few moments to organize himself enough to answer. First, just a nod. Then:]
...I won't stay overly-long. [Because then he'd start to feel guilty, like he's running from the consequences of his actions, which he IS.]
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He also tenses a little automatically when they draw closer, but fortunately they are smart enough to move slowly like they're fucking trying to pick a rattlesnake up off the road. Lucas doesn't lash out, even if the tension doesn't abate. Oh to be sweaty and shaky and tired and a bit roughed up from killing an innocent man but still trying so desperately to keep all your pieces together.
Again, it takes him a few moments to organize himself enough to answer. First, just a nod. Then:]
...I won't stay overly-long. [Because then he'd start to feel guilty, like he's running from the consequences of his actions, which he IS.]