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[empathicfault]

"Will Graham here. Leave a message."

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[abrightboy]

“Shaw was helping me. But they had movie night the only day I always had other plans. And she trusted Neal.”

He pauses at the question, though Will telling him he’s cute when he’s awkward pleases him as much as any compliment from Will. A lot.

“…It was Laura Moon. She owned the bar.” He looks at Will uncertainly. “She seemed… actually interested when I talked to her.”

[empathicfault]

Will grins and nods. "She might've been. Hard to say with these different worlds." Especially with how they fade for most people.

He shifts a little, more to get Malcolm more comfortable than anything else. "I think..." he starts, reaching up to run his fingers through Malcolm's hair. "You had more connections there than you realize. And you might have more here too, it's just- filtering through your real-life memories. But if I say any more, I'm going to risk sounding hypocritical."

He plays with Malcolm's hair a little more, thoughtful, then adds, "You know you have me here, right? It's always nice to feel included, but- we're our own group. Always."

[abrightboy]

Malcolm nods thoughtfully at the first part, soothed by Will's fingers in his hair. The calm it brings helps him see things more clearly. He suspects Will knows that.

At the second part, he smiles softly. Warmly.

"I do know that. And if I had a thousand friends, I'd still come back to just you and me at the end of the day." He pauses, glancing down for a moment, drawing a pattern on Will's knee with his fingertip while he gathers his thoughts, then looks up. "I think... everyone that was... relatively easy for me to get on with leaving so close together is... still making everything hard. Even breaches when I'm not even me. Or... at least, coming back from them."