Fics like pick up what's left of my soul

Ethan's never really had a problem with compartmentalizing. He's always been good at storing emotions and feelings away for later, to look through when he can, and he does the same for experiences, good or bad. He's always been able to shut away the worst parts of the life that he's chosen for himself, the one he keeps choosing for himself. So the PTSD is a bit of a surprise, really. Still, he can deal with it. He'll manage, like he always has. What he can't deal with is knowing how it affects Will, the distress and anxiety Will has to deal with on his behalf. And he knows that shutting himself off from Will in order to protect him from all of it is a bad idea, and it will come back to bite him in the ass, but he can't help himself. After all, if he hadn't failed at protecting Will before, none of this would have happened anyway.

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