For one second, Brian's face is completely, frighteningly open. “You fucking idiot,” he says, voice breaking. Lindsey wants to look away, but she can't; she gets it now, gets why he's been wound so tight she sometimes thought anything at all could make him boil over.

oh my god. oh my god. i love you. i feel stupid saying it over and over; but i don't know how else to express it. i just want to quote every line of this fic back at you and declare my unending love.