[ It's not the expectations that weigh on her, it's the enforced telepathy she can't escape. If she could tamp down on it at all then she wouldn't be so anxious about what it's supposed to mean that she was given it, or what should be done with it. The expectations she places on herself to be competent are grandiose in nature, and it grates on her that she's buckling under all kinds of pressure.
Her thumb passes over his message. Holding in a wealth of things she could say, she takes a small degree of relief in typing out one firm, unshakeable truth. ]
I like you just as you are, too.
[ It's probably a huge tell what she doesn't choose to address, but so is what she does. ]
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Her thumb passes over his message. Holding in a wealth of things she could say, she takes a small degree of relief in typing out one firm, unshakeable truth. ]
I like you just as you are, too.
[ It's probably a huge tell what she doesn't choose to address, but so is what she does. ]