[whew lads the amount of emotional/existential crises he has been talking people through on this boat is a lot now that he thinks about it. he really wishes he had more than four months and three weeks of memories so he didn't feel like a full impostor giving this advice.]
Okay.
I'm gonna say somethin' controversial here. But hear me out for a sec without sassing.
[yes he’s AU/amnesiac not an entirely different character]
You’re setting yourself up against some ideal in your head. You’re setting yourself up against basically anyone in the world who might be even a little bit better at feeling or talking about feelings than you.
That’s a mistake. You’re you. You’re the one who’s here for your folks, and you’re the one they know and turn to. And ‘less’ love ain’t ‘no’ love.
If you know what it is you’d want to give them in a perfect world, and you’re putting in the work, you’re doing something pretty right. Worst thing you can do is give up just because you ain’t perfect yourself.
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