[Lisbeth's kneejerk reaction is to say that he has nothing to be sorry for, but some little voice inside tells her to shut up. Everything he says is true, as much as it hurts her to admit it. Lisbeth felt the need to pick him up, dust him off, and keep him going. She even felt that if she didn't keep an eye on him, he would get himself killed.
Barring what happened last month, of course.
It's been a co-dependent relationship, mostly on her part. The need to control because that's what she understood as being loving. The control wasn't anything malicious - she didn't alienate him, she didn't hit him. Lisbeth doesn't care much when it comes to people, but she cared too much when it came to him.
He's also apologizing for hurting her and no one has ever done that. Even if whatever he's done doesn't compare in the slightest to what other men have done to her, it's still an apology.
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Barring what happened last month, of course.
It's been a co-dependent relationship, mostly on her part. The need to control because that's what she understood as being loving. The control wasn't anything malicious - she didn't alienate him, she didn't hit him. Lisbeth doesn't care much when it comes to people, but she cared too much when it came to him.
He's also apologizing for hurting her and no one has ever done that. Even if whatever he's done doesn't compare in the slightest to what other men have done to her, it's still an apology.
Lisbeth looks up at him and then nods.]
Okay. Then let's start over.