The Beard
“Tom wandered in and sighed. “I love him but, boy, he’s hard work.”
Amy smiled and chuckled. “You can say that again,” she said. “Is he just loving the attention?”
Ever since Ash had moved into Tom’s from the hospital (so that he wouldn’t be alone), there was an element of Ash milking it. Not that what had happened wasn’t real or horrific. It’s just that there was a sense that Ash was eking it all out.
“I could’ve died,” he’d say, drawing his hand to his chest with diva-like precisio...n. “I fought as many of them off as my weak limbs could manage, but I was overpowered by 12 angry homophobes.”
At this point, he’d look up at Tom and Amy, his eyes big, sad and droopy, like a puppy’s. Then, having revealed his perilous fragility in the face of hatred, he’d wait to be rewarded with a biscuit, or some affection. Again, just like a puppy. In truth, this need to bask in tragedy to illicit security revealed how tragic his life had been.MoreLess
Amy smiled and chuckled. “You can say that again,” she said. “Is he just loving the attention?”
Ever since Ash had moved into Tom’s from the hospital (so that he wouldn’t be alone), there was an element of Ash milking it. Not that what had happened wasn’t real or horrific. It’s just that there was a sense that Ash was eking it all out.
“I could’ve died,” he’d say, drawing his hand to his chest with diva-like precisio...n. “I fought as many of them off as my weak limbs could manage, but I was overpowered by 12 angry homophobes.”
At this point, he’d look up at Tom and Amy, his eyes big, sad and droopy, like a puppy’s. Then, having revealed his perilous fragility in the face of hatred, he’d wait to be rewarded with a biscuit, or some affection. Again, just like a puppy. In truth, this need to bask in tragedy to illicit security revealed how tragic his life had been.MoreLess
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