You've been all the way to broken
lost your sense of where to go
It's unfair that they often find each other this way; consumed by worries and burdens, hurting and scattered. Or maybe it's merely a testament to their friendship that they're never scared away because of it. No matter how many years they always end up right back here. It's comforting, even if her absence stings given how many times it has recently burned him.
But she's not his lover, and her absence is the most understandable given the difficulties of the war and the side she'd been on. And, most importantly, her smile makes his own form helplessly, erasing those old hurts with fond memories. "There's no stopping us from continuing the tradition," he teases, and spins in place - their connected arms ensuring she's along for the ride until the momentum stops, allowing her to decline a real dance if she desires. And allowing him to speak, though his expression drops as he does.
"More than you can imagine. A son, the war, a divorce," of sorts, given he and Phoebe had never married at her request, "a new relationship on the ropes due to abandonment, and, most recently, becoming King." Something he never thought he'd say in his life. Goofball, happy Harper, King? Once upon a time it was a laughable idea. Now, he doesn't know how that affable version of himself ever changed to be the man he is now.
But she's not his lover, and her absence is the most understandable given the difficulties of the war and the side she'd been on. And, most importantly, her smile makes his own form helplessly, erasing those old hurts with fond memories. "There's no stopping us from continuing the tradition," he teases, and spins in place - their connected arms ensuring she's along for the ride until the momentum stops, allowing her to decline a real dance if she desires. And allowing him to speak, though his expression drops as he does.
"More than you can imagine. A son, the war, a divorce," of sorts, given he and Phoebe had never married at her request, "a new relationship on the ropes due to abandonment, and, most recently, becoming King." Something he never thought he'd say in his life. Goofball, happy Harper, King? Once upon a time it was a laughable idea. Now, he doesn't know how that affable version of himself ever changed to be the man he is now.
remember, pain is just an anchor
that you never had control of
HARPER
