A muscle flexes in his cheek, jaw working in silence.
"Nothing," He answers, finally, staring dully ahead. His vision blurs and he blinks and blinks and sucks in a sharp breath, straightening up even as he feels what's left of his strength - the strength to bury his confession under hundreds of excuses and to try to sweep the whole mess under the rug - bleeding out of him. The walls are pressing in around them; he needs air, needs out. "Nothing at all."
His arm tenses, like he might snap his hand out of Ed's grip at any moment.
"I don't forget things," Edward pointed out, since that was sure to be incredibly relevant right now, "Eidetic memory. Everything's locked in." He touched the side of his head for a moment to underline what he meant, distinctly aware that this was not what he should be going on about right now.
What he noticed was Oswald trying to escape his grip and it made him tug on his arm, mostly just because he wasn't any more mature than Oswald when it came right down to it. "Was your entire plan here really just to drop the bomb, give me half a second and then duck for cover?"
Because that was an intensely stupid plan, in his professional opinion, and it didn't currently occur to him that criticising the way someone chose to confess their love to him wasn't exactly the best way to go about things.
now go to your room and think about what you did, young man
It stings more than it has any right to sting after this long, after learning how to press down all the hurt and disappointment crowding inside him to make room for more, and he hates it. Hates that Ed won't let him go quietly, ashamed; hates that Ed's carelessly cut him and refuses to be sorry for it, letting him bleed like everyone else.
"My plan," he spits the word at him, "was to tell you and to leave it at that, because when I made the choice to confide in something of a deeply personal nature, I assumed the great Ed Nygma wasn't so brainlessly obtuse --" --stabbing a finger at his own temple - -"as to demand an explanation!"
It hangs in the air like a threat, his eyes bright and fierce and wet.
"But obviously I misjudged you. So. Here we are. And here's what's going to happen."
He leans in, then, his voice low, seething cold.
"You are going to let go of me, and then you're going to walk away, because this conversation is over. Whatever you're just dying to tell me, I don't want to hear it. You've done enough."
Being called brainlessly obtuse has him grinding his teeth together, as does the entire rest of this conversation that somehow turned into a thinly veiled threat. Maybe he would have been better off with the assassination attempt. Edward does let go of Oswald, suddenly much less inclined to say anything that dives into his own emotional state. Largely since his own emotional state at the moment consists of hurt feelings buried under anger.
"Thanks for a lovely dinner." There isn't even a need for his voice to sound sarcastic, the situation does that for him. He rises to his feet and walks past Oswald without looking back, heading for his room. Of course he slams the door, it isn't as if he has any scruples about behaving like a petulant child when the situation calls for it.
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"Nothing," He answers, finally, staring dully ahead. His vision blurs and he blinks and blinks and sucks in a sharp breath, straightening up even as he feels what's left of his strength - the strength to bury his confession under hundreds of excuses and to try to sweep the whole mess under the rug - bleeding out of him. The walls are pressing in around them; he needs air, needs out. "Nothing at all."
His arm tenses, like he might snap his hand out of Ed's grip at any moment.
"Forget it - okay?"
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What he noticed was Oswald trying to escape his grip and it made him tug on his arm, mostly just because he wasn't any more mature than Oswald when it came right down to it. "Was your entire plan here really just to drop the bomb, give me half a second and then duck for cover?"
Because that was an intensely stupid plan, in his professional opinion, and it didn't currently occur to him that criticising the way someone chose to confess their love to him wasn't exactly the best way to go about things.
now go to your room and think about what you did, young man
It stings more than it has any right to sting after this long, after learning how to press down all the hurt and disappointment crowding inside him to make room for more, and he hates it. Hates that Ed won't let him go quietly, ashamed; hates that Ed's carelessly cut him and refuses to be sorry for it, letting him bleed like everyone else.
"My plan," he spits the word at him, "was to tell you and to leave it at that, because when I made the choice to confide in something of a deeply personal nature, I assumed the great Ed Nygma wasn't so brainlessly obtuse --" --stabbing a finger at his own temple - -"as to demand an explanation!"
It hangs in the air like a threat, his eyes bright and fierce and wet.
"But obviously I misjudged you. So. Here we are. And here's what's going to happen."
He leans in, then, his voice low, seething cold.
"You are going to let go of me, and then you're going to walk away, because this conversation is over. Whatever you're just dying to tell me, I don't want to hear it. You've done enough."
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Being called brainlessly obtuse has him grinding his teeth together, as does the entire rest of this conversation that somehow turned into a thinly veiled threat. Maybe he would have been better off with the assassination attempt. Edward does let go of Oswald, suddenly much less inclined to say anything that dives into his own emotional state. Largely since his own emotional state at the moment consists of hurt feelings buried under anger.
"Thanks for a lovely dinner." There isn't even a need for his voice to sound sarcastic, the situation does that for him. He rises to his feet and walks past Oswald without looking back, heading for his room. Of course he slams the door, it isn't as if he has any scruples about behaving like a petulant child when the situation calls for it.