There's a difference between regretting your past decisions and never forgiving yourself, though, and you need to do the latter if you ever want to heal.
( That advice, perhaps, is a bit of projection, but he could use it, anyhow, she tells herself. )
We all do things or don't do things we wish we could take back. But you can't ever be happy if you don't give yourself at least the grace that they would've given you.
( ...blimey, that is projection, 'mione, she thinks to herself. Then, not realizing she's looked away from the screen until just now, she looks back, maybe a bit more emotional than she ought to be. )
[ He knows she means well and he does appreciate her trying to give him a hand up, but he also knows he doesn't have the answer she wants from him.
Still, there's something about her that reminds him a little of Gwen. A self-assuredness that comes from having some of the answers that everyone else doesn't. He gives her a small smile, lips pressed together sympathetically when she looks back. ]
( For once, she's honest, and she reckons that's more to do with the fact that he looks like Remus than that she's comfortable actually doing it on her own. So, she shakes her head and shrugs her shoulders a little, frowning slightly. )
Not really, no, if I'm being entirely honest. But...
( She takes a deep breath and huffs it out in a long-suffering sigh. )
I'll manage. I always manage. Have you been bombarded with other people's memories yet, as well?
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There's a difference between regretting your past decisions and never forgiving yourself, though, and you need to do the latter if you ever want to heal.
( That advice, perhaps, is a bit of projection, but he could use it, anyhow, she tells herself. )
We all do things or don't do things we wish we could take back. But you can't ever be happy if you don't give yourself at least the grace that they would've given you.
( ...blimey, that is projection, 'mione, she thinks to herself. Then, not realizing she's looked away from the screen until just now, she looks back, maybe a bit more emotional than she ought to be. )
Don't thank me yet, I'm not finished trying.
video; peter/hermione
Still, there's something about her that reminds him a little of Gwen. A self-assuredness that comes from having some of the answers that everyone else doesn't. He gives her a small smile, lips pressed together sympathetically when she looks back. ]
All right, I won't thank you yet.
Enough about me, though. Are you okay?
video; peter/hermione
Not really, no, if I'm being entirely honest. But...
( She takes a deep breath and huffs it out in a long-suffering sigh. )
I'll manage. I always manage. Have you been bombarded with other people's memories yet, as well?