[His eyes flick up, expression grim—it's rare for him to have this returned, the I get it. On less personal, normal, everyday things? Sure. But this strikes closer to home, literally and metaphorically, and Will is very familiar with only having one person to reveal his heart to (even if he fudged what he revealed) and how Hannibal had worked it so eventually it felt like only he mattered. Just him, even as the hand that reached out to help was covered in blood and would cover itself with Will's blood should he make a wrong move.
And Jeff doesn't have anyone from his world, but he must...he must be able to realize that if he did, even a fractured bond would be worth chasing after. If he's going for humor with the murder mention, though, it has the opposite effect. Will's shoulders tense as he takes a sharp breath, jaw clenched, shaking his head after a moment.]
He wouldn't. [Taut, like everything else about him. At least Jeff won't chase Chilton through the snowy woods behind Will's house and arrest him. There is that.] I wouldn't, either, the warning isn't...there's nothing to warn about.
[Abigail's presence will one day ask why Will had to lie, and lie, and just keep lyng. He won't have the best answer. Fortunately, Abigail isn't here right now to call him out on the lie in that simple statement.]
April knows. [There's a reason Jeff sometimes get a bit of hostility when he jokes around in ways that could implicate Will as a shitty husband. It's this, all of this, this baggage that drags him down. There's enough on his mind to make him think he's not worthy of her, in his worst moments, spiking the worry other people see it, too, isn't something he enjoys.] Probably should have given you a head's up earlier. But they don't make etiquette guides for how to tell your friends and the people who live with you that your world knows you best as the guy who murdered and ate all those people until two months later when you were the guy who didn't.
[And then he shuts his mouth, lips pursed as he watches Jeff carefully.
Is he still going to be such a cool bro? Will can only hope.]
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And Jeff doesn't have anyone from his world, but he must...he must be able to realize that if he did, even a fractured bond would be worth chasing after. If he's going for humor with the murder mention, though, it has the opposite effect. Will's shoulders tense as he takes a sharp breath, jaw clenched, shaking his head after a moment.]
He wouldn't. [Taut, like everything else about him. At least Jeff won't chase Chilton through the snowy woods behind Will's house and arrest him. There is that.] I wouldn't, either, the warning isn't...there's nothing to warn about.
[Abigail's presence will one day ask why Will had to lie, and lie, and just keep lyng. He won't have the best answer. Fortunately, Abigail isn't here right now to call him out on the lie in that simple statement.]
April knows. [There's a reason Jeff sometimes get a bit of hostility when he jokes around in ways that could implicate Will as a shitty husband. It's this, all of this, this baggage that drags him down. There's enough on his mind to make him think he's not worthy of her, in his worst moments, spiking the worry other people see it, too, isn't something he enjoys.] Probably should have given you a head's up earlier. But they don't make etiquette guides for how to tell your friends and the people who live with you that your world knows you best as the guy who murdered and ate all those people until two months later when you were the guy who didn't.
[And then he shuts his mouth, lips pursed as he watches Jeff carefully.
Is he still going to be such a cool bro? Will can only hope.]