[ This is a huge lie, obviously. Matt blinks the anguish and embarrassment from his eyes, teeth still worrying at his lip. ]
I should go too, I should--go to bed.
[ And of course, he won't. He'll haunt the hallways like a hungry ghost, though his craving is more like the photo negative of hunger. An inverted alleluia, ai, ai. Something that keens in him. But nor is Matt being entirely untruthful, because he knows he should go to bed. He accepts that he should.
Unless Steve makes a grab for him, he'll shamble from the room. ]
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[ This is a huge lie, obviously. Matt blinks the anguish and embarrassment from his eyes, teeth still worrying at his lip. ]
I should go too, I should--go to bed.
[ And of course, he won't. He'll haunt the hallways like a hungry ghost, though his craving is more like the photo negative of hunger. An inverted alleluia, ai, ai. Something that keens in him. But nor is Matt being entirely untruthful, because he knows he should go to bed. He accepts that he should.
Unless Steve makes a grab for him, he'll shamble from the room. ]