TALK ME DOWN → SEBASTIAN STAN

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seb
What did she tell you?

chris
Wait, what?

seb
You heard me, Evans.
The hell did she tell you?

chris
Okay, buddy, just calm down.

seb
Answer the damn question.

chris
If this is about last night, then
she told me she got her purse
stolen ... which she did ...

seb
What else did she tell you?

chris
Nothing else!
What's got into you today?

seb
Surely she said something else.

chris
She was going on about making
a mistake when she texted me
but I thought she meant when
she kissed you. By the sound of
it, possibly not.

seb
She nearly had sex with somebody.

chris
Wait.
What?

seb
Oh God.
Oh my God.

chris
Seb, what's wrong?

seb
It sunk in.
Oh God.
Oh shit.

chris
Okay, just calm down.
Just stay talking to me.

seb
I want to be angry at her.
I really want to be angry at her.
But I have no reason why.

chris
You like her, Seb.

Anyone can see the way you
look at her.

seb
I can't feel this way.

chris
Why can't you?

seb
It's complicated. You don't
understand.

chris
Tell me and I will.

seb
I can't. It's personal.

chris
Okay.
It doesn't have to be
complicated, y'know?
It can be simple, if you
just let it be.

seb
This changes things. Clearly she
doesn't care as much as you think
she does. She doesn't care for me
as much as I care for her.

chris
Didn't you say she nearly
had sex with him.

seb
Yeah.

chris
Well she clearly cares if she
didn't go through with it. If she
didn't care, it would've been easy
for her. She could've done it and
forgotten about it. Hell, you only
know because she told you.

seb
How d'you know that?

chris
Because I didn't know.
She has to have told you.

seb
You're too smart for your own
good sometimes, Evans.

chris
💁🏼

seb
What do you suggest I do then?

chris
Talk to her.

seb
I can't.

chris
I'm going to give you some
simple advice.

Buck up.

seb
Gee, thanks.

chris
I'm serious, Seb.

You're acting like she's this
whole different person, like
you don't even know her.

She's Riley.

seb
I'm only going to say this once,
Evans. You're right.

chris
💁🏼 i know I'm right.
Now talk to her.

seb
She just texted me.

chris
TALK TO HER.