In all honesty, he isn't sure why Matt is looking at him like that - as though he didn't know, as though this is something that isn't obvious - and when the words hit it takes him a moment to find anything to say. Everything he can think to say immediately is invalidating in some way, and he wants to avoid that before everything else; thankfully enough, Matt seems to move on eventually, and Paul's own voice has softened a good amount from the taut, agitated tone he'd carried before that.]
I know you will. And it's okay.
[He does seem pleased with the outcome, if nothing else.]
...You don't ever have to question that, all right? Whether you're important to me. I'll try to make it clearer to you.
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In all honesty, he isn't sure why Matt is looking at him like that - as though he didn't know, as though this is something that isn't obvious - and when the words hit it takes him a moment to find anything to say. Everything he can think to say immediately is invalidating in some way, and he wants to avoid that before everything else; thankfully enough, Matt seems to move on eventually, and Paul's own voice has softened a good amount from the taut, agitated tone he'd carried before that.]
I know you will. And it's okay.
[He does seem pleased with the outcome, if nothing else.]
...You don't ever have to question that, all right? Whether you're important to me. I'll try to make it clearer to you.