The truth of it is, Eduardo can't expect anything anymore. There's just no way to, when that's what got him fucked over in the first place. (Even this, of course, is the same sort of thing, such a worse-case scenario having not even occurred to him, but he chooses not to dwell on that. In a situation like this, there are bound to be bumps in the road, and that's one of them. As long as he doesn't trip up again, as he's determined not to, it shouldn't matter, and he isn't going to mention it.) If anything, he should anticipate the worst, should expect years of not speaking or an obstacle so big they couldn't get past, but that doesn't remove the shock of it. Some part of him, even here, had hoped it wouldn't come to that; it wouldn't have been his move to make and he knew better than to count on anything like that from Mark, but he still wanted it, reconciliation seeming somewhat unlikely but far better than the alternative.
Which, apparently, is the case for Mark, too. Somehow, that comes as more of a surprise to Eduardo than the news itself, mostly because it's something that Mark could easily have fixed. Eduardo may be different, having been pulled from his timeline far before Mark, but he can't imagine that he would have turned down an apology if one was offered. There isn't any way he could have changed that much, not when he's already lived through presumably the worst of it, finding out about his shares being diluted.
Of course, if Mark didn't expect it, either, then it seems easy to reason that it's because he expected Eduardo to come running back, and Eduardo doesn't quite know what to do with that. It's a pattern he set up for himself, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a little unsettling to consider that Mark wouldn't have thought he could break out of it. What that means for them now, he doesn't know, but it's something that he reminds himself that he can't lose sight of. If Mark doesn't realize that he's changed, then there's no chance of them getting anywhere.
"Yeah, I guess I can't blame you for not wanting to," he allows, the same low, quiet tone to his voice, gaze fixed on his glass of beer. For all that he can't wholly let what Mark said go, there's hope to be found between those few words, too, and he supposes they allow for an admission of his own. "I don't like it, either, you know."
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Date: 2011-05-20 09:21 pm (UTC)Which, apparently, is the case for Mark, too. Somehow, that comes as more of a surprise to Eduardo than the news itself, mostly because it's something that Mark could easily have fixed. Eduardo may be different, having been pulled from his timeline far before Mark, but he can't imagine that he would have turned down an apology if one was offered. There isn't any way he could have changed that much, not when he's already lived through presumably the worst of it, finding out about his shares being diluted.
Of course, if Mark didn't expect it, either, then it seems easy to reason that it's because he expected Eduardo to come running back, and Eduardo doesn't quite know what to do with that. It's a pattern he set up for himself, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a little unsettling to consider that Mark wouldn't have thought he could break out of it. What that means for them now, he doesn't know, but it's something that he reminds himself that he can't lose sight of. If Mark doesn't realize that he's changed, then there's no chance of them getting anywhere.
"Yeah, I guess I can't blame you for not wanting to," he allows, the same low, quiet tone to his voice, gaze fixed on his glass of beer. For all that he can't wholly let what Mark said go, there's hope to be found between those few words, too, and he supposes they allow for an admission of his own. "I don't like it, either, you know."