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( he's heard that before, too. the i'll find you--and yet no one's found him yet here. it doesn't matter. he can't keep this up--getting attached to people, losing them, watching his world fall apart, picking up the pieces just to try and keep going on. but he will. because jason doesn't know how to quit and has no intentions of finding out. he pulls in a shaky breath, eyes focusing down on their intertwined fingers. his lower lip twitches, before he sucks it in and bites down on it. shakes his head. )

I don't expect empty promises out of you. ( his voice is still soft, mouth carefully forming around words one syllable at a time. jason looks back up to kyle. quirks up a corner of his lips, even if the little half-grin never quite reaches his eyes. ) But I'm gonna expect you to keep that one.