Shoved back, and he stumbles, and he doesn't try to recover the distance.
"You asked me to give my life to this idea. I did what you asked. And you were never satisfied with that. This takes work and you can't handle that. So I did what you couldn't. I fought for this place when you shied away from the weight of it. You've had one foot out the door for a while."
He's angry too. Angry and hurting. He knows he has no right to Josh anymore. No claim beyond this island's claim on him.
"I'm not the only one on the wrong level. That is why we didn't work. Because both of us are too broken to work together. You can't handle stress, I can't handle not stressing. And for a while we found balance like that. We managed. And now I'm asking you, as the one that takes the damn stress, come back. Go and be the big damn hero, but don't do the stupid fucking Jean Grey bullshit and die for this! Be smarter. Fight and win and live!"
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"You asked me to give my life to this idea. I did what you asked. And you were never satisfied with that. This takes work and you can't handle that. So I did what you couldn't. I fought for this place when you shied away from the weight of it. You've had one foot out the door for a while."
He's angry too. Angry and hurting. He knows he has no right to Josh anymore. No claim beyond this island's claim on him.
"I'm not the only one on the wrong level. That is why we didn't work. Because both of us are too broken to work together. You can't handle stress, I can't handle not stressing. And for a while we found balance like that. We managed. And now I'm asking you, as the one that takes the damn stress, come back. Go and be the big damn hero, but don't do the stupid fucking Jean Grey bullshit and die for this! Be smarter. Fight and win and live!"