#im imagining he's spilling this all to butch while he's furiously trying to fix their arm

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You know, I think after the stuff with Butch's arm getting infected happens, it's gonna weigh so heavily on Hector's mind that he might come clean on his own volition. Or hint at the fact that yes, there's more to it than they know, and he's SO sorry. Then it's just a matter of coaxing it out of him and getting him to keep talking.

of course that's provided something with the memory den doesn't happen before then lmao

OR the memory den shows one of those non incriminating scenes and he plays it off as nothing to worry about. People are a bit suspicious but they don't push the issue. Then everything else happens and Hector's just. Okay. It was a little more than that

Tbh I feel like him coming clean of his own volition bc of Butch getting infected would yield significantly better results than waiting until some memory den stuff, even if said memory den stuff was mostly non incriminating like you mentioned

It's like I said in the ask: if it never comes up or there's no real reason for it to get brought up, then they can't really be that mad at him for not saying something about it before. But if it does come up, then him avoiding or trying to hide it will just make the others feel lied to, like Hector doesn't actually trust them, or even like he he might not be as ashamed or guilty over it than he claims, but rather like he cares more about protecting his reputation than the people that care about him

But Butch getting infected seems like a perfect opportunity for him to bring it up, since the guilt of knowing he had at least something to do with FEV research would probably be enough to override any fear he has of how they'll react

#ask #rockshortage #hector messerli #butch delaney #i mean. if he brought it up on his own #then i still think they'll be like. #what. #excuse me?????? #but it would be so much easier for them to accept it and move on since they dont have as much outrage to get over #im imagining he's spilling this all to butch while he's furiously trying to fix their arm #but he stops partway through and is just sobbing as he gets it out #them he's done and butch is like 😐 #damn dude thats kinda fucked up. sorry you had to go through that. but can you fix my fucking arm or not- #butch getting infected would actually be the most appropriate time for him to come clean about it actually