"I meant tonight." He frowned a little. "I'm sorry I freaked out like I did. I...don't know what that was. I just...the room was too small and I couldn't breathe. I haven't felt like that in a long time."
Not since he was a kid, really, and maybe that was partly why he didn't want to go any farther with the explanations tonight.
But, at least the question Alex asked now was one he could answer without issues. "It's been the one rule we've lived by all our lives: don't tell anyone. Ever. If no one knows about us, then we...and they...are safer. I didn't care; there wasn't anyone I ever wanted to tell until you."
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Date: 2019-03-24 01:27 am (UTC)Not since he was a kid, really, and maybe that was partly why he didn't want to go any farther with the explanations tonight.
But, at least the question Alex asked now was one he could answer without issues. "It's been the one rule we've lived by all our lives: don't tell anyone. Ever. If no one knows about us, then we...and they...are safer. I didn't care; there wasn't anyone I ever wanted to tell until you."