Re: Atticus M/Steve M
Usually. I don't sleep much. Half the time, I just like to get in bed to think. [...] It's not that black and white, or zero-sum, right? You can feel how you feel and she can feel how she feels, and neither negates the others. But, I'm a firm believer in boundaries. You don't feel this way. It's not as big of a deal to you, as it is to my mind, which means this is just an exercise for me to run my mouth, but I think you have a right to personal integrity and your space. it doesn't matter if you're married, that's still true. It could be a side-effect of whatever's happened to her that she doesn't understand boundaries like she should. But, for her own safety—and that of others—she needs to learn you can't climb into people's beds, no matter how good of friends you are.
He regrets showing vulnerability whenever it happens, or so it seems. It's not about regretting calling you. It's regretting showing you he needs you. Something like that.