And there it was. They just didn't belong together, and that was it. Roger stared at her for a long moment, almost long enough to forget the fact that everyone else in the room wanted to strangle him.
“Yeah,” he said finally, not knowing himself exactly what he was agreeing with. “Okay.”
He clenched his fists and, steeling himself, turned his gaze to Adam. “You take care of her,” he ordered, with all the fervor an ex-boyfriend could muster. “I don’t care if it’s what she can do for you or what they,” he waved a hand at Pippin’s army, “can do for her, or whatever. You take care of her. She deserves it.”
And then, because he couldn’t bring himself to turn his back on those people anymore than he could bring himself to really look at them, he turned only halfway and backed up awkwardly to the door and put his hand on the knob.
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“Yeah,” he said finally, not knowing himself exactly what he was agreeing with. “Okay.”
He clenched his fists and, steeling himself, turned his gaze to Adam. “You take care of her,” he ordered, with all the fervor an ex-boyfriend could muster. “I don’t care if it’s what she can do for you or what they,” he waved a hand at Pippin’s army, “can do for her, or whatever. You take care of her. She deserves it.”
And then, because he couldn’t bring himself to turn his back on those people anymore than he could bring himself to really look at them, he turned only halfway and backed up awkwardly to the door and put his hand on the knob.