A/N - in my excitement I uploaded this instead of the previous chapter, Alacrity. I've put it up now before this, so please read it if you haven't yet!

Sorry for the problem!


Aloof, adj

Sometimes we'd be arguing, and then suddenly we wouldn't be just arguing anymore. You withdraw from the argument without truly leaving, and often I won't realise that you have until it's too late, until we've reached the point where I'd be wasting my breath instead of fixing things.

There's no such thing as 'winning' an argument, because to reach that point, you would've hurt the other person. You received no trophy, no prize, and no royalties. In reality, you can only ever lose.

I'd win, but at the cost of you.