You’ve got a funny way of showing it when you’re telling me what to do or that I don’t know what I’m talking about. [ It’s said in more of a grumble than as harsh as her words might have sounded, looking down at her feet as she spoke instead of at him. If there was any ever doubt of how much of a kid Chloe still was, it probably shone brightly in the moment.

Her lips pursed for a moment, some of her anger having at least dissipated when he said he didn’t think she was dumb. It wasn’t often that people actually corrected her on that when she brought it up and it at least meant something to her. Enough of a something to at least make her not just storm off in a huff, like she usually did. ]

Are you... disappointed in me?

[ Craving relationships with adults and wanting their approval while simultaneously not fully trusting any of them was an extremely exhausting balance. ]