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Oh.

[ Embarrassed, suddenly, because this is new and maybe more fragile for Gwen than she realizes. It's fun and exciting until she's sent racy pictures to someone who's shutting her down, and then she wants to unsend them. ]

I didn't mean it like

[ Whatever's made him go sullen. She's not sure she's going to get a response. ]

🎀 - cw allusions of abuse

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[elias is aware she didn't mean it how he took it, but he's unreasonable and pissed off and the world is tough enough without a virgin mary grasping at straws. he's not responsible for her feelings, the vulnerability she must be feeling after exposing herself, or whatever she might be feeling because for him she fucked him over. gwen inadvertently reminded him of time lost to him, of heavy hands and being cornered in empty rooms by men in white. he's not entertaining her insecurity or anything else from her today.

✓message read. when he says he's done, he's done.]

🎀🎀

[internship]

[ A couple of hours later, once she's had enough time to stop wondering how she messed up and start feeling a little angry: ]

No, okay, you don't get to "cash in later," Elias.

I'm sorry I hit something that hurt. But I'm not a slot machine for you to come back to when you feel like it.