Some people speak in circles.
A sentence that trails.
A pause that hangs a little too long.
You can feel the real request sitting underneath. Not hidden. Just hard to name.
Plenty of us were never taught how to ask for support. We learn to soften it. To drift around it. To hope someone hears the part we can’t say out loud.
You don’t have to carry their load, but you can notice the shape of it.
Sometimes care is simply paying attention.
