[but then if he witnesses it he has to accept it's real...denial is a powerful thing.]
[he hesitates again, frowning at the screen. Really, he's a grown man, this shouldn't be such a big deal. But something about it is just...embarrassing.]
[he picks up a pen and grabs a sheet of paper from the printer and...just stares at it for a few minutes. Then looks back at the screen.]
That's ridiculous [he deletes it immediately. Takes a deep breath. Pens his number in the top right corner of the page before he can think about it any longer.]
[what.]
[consequently, this time he doesn't actually reply for at least twenty minutes. When he does, it's in slightly shaky handwriting.]
no subject
[he hesitates again, frowning at the screen. Really, he's a grown man, this shouldn't be such a big deal. But something about it is just...embarrassing.]
[he picks up a pen and grabs a sheet of paper from the printer and...just stares at it for a few minutes. Then looks back at the screen.]
That's ridiculous[he deletes it immediately. Takes a deep breath. Pens his number in the top right corner of the page before he can think about it any longer.][what.]
[consequently, this time he doesn't actually reply for at least twenty minutes. When he does, it's in slightly shaky handwriting.]
I concede.