Jack shakes his head, then realizes she might not be able to see it.
"It's okay; it's been a long time. You know what it's like."
He still misses Teri, still wishes it could have been him instead of her. But it doesn't hurt as much; partly because he learned to cope with it and found love again. Partly because a hundred other hurts have come in between him and losing Teri.
Not that he's ever entirely stopped thinking that it's his fault Teri died. The first name in a long list of people that got hurt or killed because of him.
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Date: 2011-01-04 04:58 am (UTC)"It's okay; it's been a long time. You know what it's like."
He still misses Teri, still wishes it could have been him instead of her. But it doesn't hurt as much; partly because he learned to cope with it and found love again. Partly because a hundred other hurts have come in between him and losing Teri.
Not that he's ever entirely stopped thinking that it's his fault Teri died. The first name in a long list of people that got hurt or killed because of him.