[He doesn't want to say this, dear God he wishes he didn't feel like he had to. But she's bearing herself to him and if he doesn't do the same....things will never get better between them. Only worse and worse until they can't stand to look at one another.
He rubs her hair down and is silent for a while before he shamefully admits:]
Me too.
[It's possibly the most quiet he's ever been before. It scares him to say it out loud. Like it's the ultimate crime, and he doesn't want to be caught.]
action:
He rubs her hair down and is silent for a while before he shamefully admits:]
Me too.
[It's possibly the most quiet he's ever been before. It scares him to say it out loud. Like it's the ultimate crime, and he doesn't want to be caught.]