[ He doesn't know why it's so hard to hear this when it's what he'd been hoping for. It just goes to show that Teddie, despite the front he puts on for so many people, is the mature one here, while Dom will act emotional all day and yet feel like he'd like to curl up and hide somewhere when this is the topic.

If only he could promise that he'd stop getting angry. Dom looks at the tattoo on his wrist, clasps it with the opposite hand. ]

I can try to, uhm. Not assume stuff. Anymore. Ask you questions when there's something I don't understand.

[ Anger management at work, kinda. The pause is uncomfortable. ]

… but I'm gonna be really shitty sometimes. I still get those days.

[ When he can't get out of bed. When he can't stand the sound of anyone's voice, when anything they might have to say is always wrong. When he's convinced everyone is against him, including the ones he loves. Teddie went through all that. ]

I'll tell you when it's happening, so… so you can stay away.