[He's not any good at this. He knows he's not. But he can try, and he'll give it the only shot he can if it means that she stops blaming herself for something that he honestly doesn't think is her fault. Wanting to live doesn't make you a bad person, does it?]

[Hell, that's the kind of ultimatum Alex pushed on everyone else. On Tim, even. That trying to live his life made him some monster, some - ]

[It wasn't the same set of circumstances.]

No, buddy. I'm not mad. I think you had a...I think things were pretty rough for you. You're allowed to wanna live.

You're just a kid. 'Course you're allowed to wanna live.