[ Now Fabian is almost kind of glad that Gorgug isn't looking at him - because he can feel his own expression dropping the moment he witnesses his friend starting to cry again like that, and he doesn't want Gorgug to have to see that. It'd probably only make him feel worse, even if it's just an instinctive reaction on Fabian's part.

But at least it does bolster some determination in Fabian's heart. Because whereas he wasn't sure whether he should leave or not a moment ago, he's starting to quickly fall towards one specific direction now. ]

You can feel that way. [ He says - not even bothering to comment that Gorgug doesn't have to apologize to him, since Fabian feels like the apologizing is probably just going to be part of this for a while now. These are more apologies he's received from Gorgug than ever before, probably.

Fabian reaches out, a hand landing on Gorgug's arm, staying there as he speaks. ]

You can cry. Hell-- You can even get angry and yell, if you have to. Remember back in Moorecroft, when you told me that I hadn't fucked up forever, and that it wouldn't be a problem to you if I told you how I felt, and that you were there for me?

[ Maybe he didn't say it with exactly those words. Fabian isn't sure, really. It's the mood of that conversation that remains within him more than the specific words - especially when he hasn't sat down often with anyone like that before to just throw it all out there the way he did back then. ]

I feel the exact same way about you right now.