[ Brendan isn't getting very far though, Charles wiggles his chair until they're side by side and he throws his arm around Brendan's back, curling his fingers around the young man's bicep. ]
Oh, heavens, [ he murmurs as he finds out about the baby. Most people would probably think thank god this teenage couple didn't get to a point where they would have had a baby in their hands, mother being addicted to heroine, father struggling with depression. But Charles thinks about the child and he thinks about these kids being still kids themselves and how life has thrown them around like this. ]
You know what I thought when that friend of me left me on the beach? I thought that I would never be happy, I would never good enough. These people, they left me, because I didn't fit into their view of how I should have been or should have thought about things. I wasn't good enough for anyone, right?
Wrong.
This boy you like, they obviously weren't the one for you. Perhaps you shouldn't try to find someone else to live for in the first place. Live for yourself. And when you do that, others will follow, and relationships will spring out of nothing suddenly.
You didn't expect to be here with me when you first contacted me. And I'm not trying to say that there's anything romantic here, heavens no. But I do already feel a great swell of affection for you, Brendan. I will always be here for you. You won't be alone.
You have nothing to feel ashamed of for liking someone. And if they did make you feel like that, I'm sorry for them, because they're definitely coping with something else horrible if they need to make other people feel awful. You are beautiful and good. Not saying you aren't difficult because obviously you are but you have to understand that everyone is. Especially people like us who struggle with more than just the normal problems.
I believe you have a lot of hope in your life still. A lot more to look forward to. This is just a tough spot, it'll get better. Trust me. I've seen this before and it does get better. You are not struggling with this alone, either. I would like you to call me whenever you feel like that again. Just call me. Whatever time it is, night or day. In fact you don't even have to call, just think of me. I will answer.
Also, if you wouldn't mind I'd like you to come over more often. Have a dinner with us. Stay over for the evening. I'll teach you to play chess. We can talk about books. I think you're a bright young man and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing you around more often.
[ Charles would include him in the family with open arms and he'd never leave Brendan to deal with this on his own. There is no judgement for what he has done or how he has done it. Just quiet acceptance and affection. ]
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Oh, heavens, [ he murmurs as he finds out about the baby. Most people would probably think thank god this teenage couple didn't get to a point where they would have had a baby in their hands, mother being addicted to heroine, father struggling with depression. But Charles thinks about the child and he thinks about these kids being still kids themselves and how life has thrown them around like this. ]
You know what I thought when that friend of me left me on the beach? I thought that I would never be happy, I would never good enough. These people, they left me, because I didn't fit into their view of how I should have been or should have thought about things. I wasn't good enough for anyone, right?
Wrong.
This boy you like, they obviously weren't the one for you. Perhaps you shouldn't try to find someone else to live for in the first place. Live for yourself. And when you do that, others will follow, and relationships will spring out of nothing suddenly.
You didn't expect to be here with me when you first contacted me. And I'm not trying to say that there's anything romantic here, heavens no. But I do already feel a great swell of affection for you, Brendan. I will always be here for you. You won't be alone.
You have nothing to feel ashamed of for liking someone. And if they did make you feel like that, I'm sorry for them, because they're definitely coping with something else horrible if they need to make other people feel awful. You are beautiful and good. Not saying you aren't difficult because obviously you are but you have to understand that everyone is. Especially people like us who struggle with more than just the normal problems.
I believe you have a lot of hope in your life still. A lot more to look forward to. This is just a tough spot, it'll get better. Trust me. I've seen this before and it does get better. You are not struggling with this alone, either. I would like you to call me whenever you feel like that again. Just call me. Whatever time it is, night or day. In fact you don't even have to call, just think of me. I will answer.
Also, if you wouldn't mind I'd like you to come over more often. Have a dinner with us. Stay over for the evening. I'll teach you to play chess. We can talk about books. I think you're a bright young man and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing you around more often.
[ Charles would include him in the family with open arms and he'd never leave Brendan to deal with this on his own. There is no judgement for what he has done or how he has done it. Just quiet acceptance and affection. ]