[ All of this is Joe's fault, and this time he accepts that because it's true. Normally when things go to shit, people find a way to pin it on him, to place the blame on his shoulders even when he's got nothing to do with everything going wrong, but this— he knows he did this. He might not be too sure how, but -
Joe's quiet. He doesn't interrupt Dennis when he's speaking, his jaw tense and his teeth clenched together loosely as he listens to the way he stutters, the shift in the pitch of his voice, higher, strained. It's awful, and— Joe's not even sure what they're fighting anymore, because it's all so stupid.
You don't care—
He does interrupt then, because that's one thing he's sure of, one thing he knows in a sea of things he doesn't. ]
No, I care. I do care... [ Fuck. What else is he even supposed to say? He feels a little bit like an ass, now. ] Don't you get it? I'm— angry because I would care if you left, Den'...
[ He sighs. He's not good when it comes to talking about himself, about his feelings, but fuck if he isn't going to try right now. ]
That's not a joke to me. I just - I get that it was supposed to be funny or harmless or - I don't know. But you just - 'but whatever, i'm sorry' doesn't sound like - it sounds like you're saying it just to say it. And I know you mean it but it just didn't sound that way in all of -
[ In all of his sudden anger and anxiety that crashed into him int the ten seconds he honestly believed that Dennis was going home. And that all he was going to get was a network post with no warning. ]
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Joe's quiet. He doesn't interrupt Dennis when he's speaking, his jaw tense and his teeth clenched together loosely as he listens to the way he stutters, the shift in the pitch of his voice, higher, strained. It's awful, and— Joe's not even sure what they're fighting anymore, because it's all so stupid.
You don't care—
He does interrupt then, because that's one thing he's sure of, one thing he knows in a sea of things he doesn't. ]
No, I care. I do care... [ Fuck. What else is he even supposed to say? He feels a little bit like an ass, now. ] Don't you get it? I'm— angry because I would care if you left, Den'...
[ He sighs. He's not good when it comes to talking about himself, about his feelings, but fuck if he isn't going to try right now. ]
That's not a joke to me. I just - I get that it was supposed to be funny or harmless or - I don't know. But you just - 'but whatever, i'm sorry' doesn't sound like - it sounds like you're saying it just to say it. And I know you mean it but it just didn't sound that way in all of -
[ In all of his sudden anger and anxiety that crashed into him int the ten seconds he honestly believed that Dennis was going home. And that all he was going to get was a network post with no warning. ]