[ He really did miss it all. And for what? His father's legacy? The bottom of a bottle? None of that really mattered, Bones knows that now. He had a good thing with Jocelyn and he fucked it all up. She'd kicked him out with good reason... but it still hurts.
It hurts that he couldn't be better. And it hurts that he still isn't.
At least Edgin seems to feel that, too. Leonard hasn't really ever talked about this to anyone, so to find someone who... actually gets it is. Well, it's something. ]
I'm sorry.
[ Sympathy is something Bones is used to giving, actually. He's seen so much death in his line of work, that it's easy. This isn't easy, though. There's nothing easy about knowing how it feels.
It's enough to put things into perspective. Leonard may not have seen his daughter in ten years, but she's alive. Edgin... sounded like that wasn't the case. Leonard can't imagine something hurting worse than that. ]
Shit, I am sorry. I... I'm an asshole.
[ Just in general, but also about this. He knows he's being insensitive. He sees so much death, but it was his father's death that really threw a wrench in him. Losing Joanna would destroy him. ]
You said her name was Kira, right? How old was she?
cw mention of alcoholism
It hurts that he couldn't be better. And it hurts that he still isn't.
At least Edgin seems to feel that, too. Leonard hasn't really ever talked about this to anyone, so to find someone who... actually gets it is. Well, it's something. ]
I'm sorry.
[ Sympathy is something Bones is used to giving, actually. He's seen so much death in his line of work, that it's easy. This isn't easy, though. There's nothing easy about knowing how it feels.
It's enough to put things into perspective. Leonard may not have seen his daughter in ten years, but she's alive. Edgin... sounded like that wasn't the case. Leonard can't imagine something hurting worse than that. ]
Shit, I am sorry. I... I'm an asshole.
[ Just in general, but also about this. He knows he's being insensitive. He sees so much death, but it was his father's death that really threw a wrench in him. Losing Joanna would destroy him. ]
You said her name was Kira, right? How old was she?