"His are closed and he seems to want nothing more than to taste me.
but his desire/need to be used and abused seems to drive him to continue justifying who he is and what he does. and it's devastating to hear how worthless he thinks he is:
“This is what I do! It’s who I am! And I won’t be able to cash in on this much longer.
i have hope that brian is getting through somehow:
“Well, what kind of pain and fear am I supposed to live in?”
I kiss the top of his head. “The kind we all do. It’s called life.”