[He takes a second when Jake lets go and actually moves out of his way, to regard him and his expression. There's satisfaction in seeing the escalation of hurt, in knowing that he caused it and he'd accomplished everything he'd set out to do, even if fighting back hadn't been part of the original plan.
But Jake isn't the only one the temperature seems to lower for, cold seeping into his skin and settling low in the pit of his stomach, and he feels idiotically like he should be reminding himself to breathe. It was inevitable, he knows that, there's no way they could have worked out long term. He just...
Hadn't been expecting today to be it. He walks past Jake after another moment, without a backwards glance]
Thanks for the welcome home.
[TIME SKIP OF AWESOME]
[He'd checked breifly on the kids, who were mercifully still asleep, and curled up without a care in the world. He supposed in a way, it was a good thing it had happened so soon. Better to split them up when they'd only miss each other, and miss Jake for a little while. In a year, or two, Dave wouldn't remember this at all.
Once he'd satisfied himself with the fact that they were in fact, no worse for wear on his departure, he'd moved to the bedroom, hauling out some of the spare suitcases Jake kept for his adventuring, and opening them upon the bed. He's not moving out quite just yet, that would be stupid. His source of income is in the shape of one nerd, and he can't leave with no where proper to go.
But they'd make hauling his shit into a room across the house for now, much easier. He's being haphazard about it, he'd like to be out of here before they have a repeat confrontation before he's ready. He can't let it get out of hand this time]
ya rly
But Jake isn't the only one the temperature seems to lower for, cold seeping into his skin and settling low in the pit of his stomach, and he feels idiotically like he should be reminding himself to breathe. It was inevitable, he knows that, there's no way they could have worked out long term. He just...
Hadn't been expecting today to be it. He walks past Jake after another moment, without a backwards glance]
Thanks for the welcome home.
[TIME SKIP OF AWESOME]
[He'd checked breifly on the kids, who were mercifully still asleep, and curled up without a care in the world. He supposed in a way, it was a good thing it had happened so soon. Better to split them up when they'd only miss each other, and miss Jake for a little while. In a year, or two, Dave wouldn't remember this at all.
Once he'd satisfied himself with the fact that they were in fact, no worse for wear on his departure, he'd moved to the bedroom, hauling out some of the spare suitcases Jake kept for his adventuring, and opening them upon the bed. He's not moving out quite just yet, that would be stupid. His source of income is in the shape of one nerd, and he can't leave with no where proper to go.
But they'd make hauling his shit into a room across the house for now, much easier. He's being haphazard about it, he'd like to be out of here before they have a repeat confrontation before he's ready. He can't let it get out of hand this time]