[Venkman takes whatever hand Ray isn't using to pet Annie in his, lacing their fingers together. He tilts his head to lean it on Ray's shoulder, his face partially buried in the crook of his neck.]
I mean- you already kinda know how I feel about that.
[Guilty, mostly. Like he's betraying one of his partners. Not to mention the Bill Murray thing.]
But we can't really change what version of us this universe decided to drag out here, right? And I wouldn't- I don't want to lose this Egon.
... And if we ever did wake up back in our dimension, we wouldn't remember anything about this place. Including him. And he wouldn't remember us if he went home.
[A beat. Then, softly, as if he doesn't want Ray to hear even though it's impossible for him to miss it:]
I'm scared of that happening.
[It's easier to be vulnerable with Ray than the other two. Egon still doesn't know what to do with his own feelings half the time- and Winston does his best, but he doesn't have 15 years of experience with Venkman's whirlwind of emotional instability.]
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[Venkman takes whatever hand Ray isn't using to pet Annie in his, lacing their fingers together. He tilts his head to lean it on Ray's shoulder, his face partially buried in the crook of his neck.]
I mean- you already kinda know how I feel about that.
[Guilty, mostly. Like he's betraying one of his partners. Not to mention the Bill Murray thing.]
But we can't really change what version of us this universe decided to drag out here, right? And I wouldn't- I don't want to lose this Egon.
... And if we ever did wake up back in our dimension, we wouldn't remember anything about this place. Including him. And he wouldn't remember us if he went home.
[A beat. Then, softly, as if he doesn't want Ray to hear even though it's impossible for him to miss it:]
I'm scared of that happening.
[It's easier to be vulnerable with Ray than the other two. Egon still doesn't know what to do with his own feelings half the time- and Winston does his best, but he doesn't have 15 years of experience with Venkman's whirlwind of emotional instability.]