[It feels so strange, the idea of coming out here to talk to stranger about things that he doesn't even want to admit to. But Marianne had insisted it helped, that this man was a professional and-
Well just because she's not here to talk to she wouldn't want him to stop talking. Even if it's hard. Maybe especially because it's hard.
He's dressed in the sort of layers that he's accustomed to back home, even if he doesn't quite have the same level of formality here. But it eases his anxiety to be done up properly rather than in something he'd wear to work when he finally raises a hand to knock on the door, sharp and crisp and not at all like he's been standing outside hemming and hawing about actually coming in for the better part of ten minutes.
Not that he'd let himself back out now. He'd made an appointment and it would be incredibly rude to waste a professional's time like that.]
late October (CWs internalized homophobia, probably childhood neglect/emotional abuse)
Well just because she's not here to talk to she wouldn't want him to stop talking. Even if it's hard. Maybe especially because it's hard.
He's dressed in the sort of layers that he's accustomed to back home, even if he doesn't quite have the same level of formality here. But it eases his anxiety to be done up properly rather than in something he'd wear to work when he finally raises a hand to knock on the door, sharp and crisp and not at all like he's been standing outside hemming and hawing about actually coming in for the better part of ten minutes.
Not that he'd let himself back out now. He'd made an appointment and it would be incredibly rude to waste a professional's time like that.]