there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
"Noted." Scoffing - and if he finds himself drawn out of his train of thought to wonder if he's doing the face she likes in future, that's entirely Flora's fault - Jack busies himself trying to sit up a little more, just in case he chokes on the gin continuing to burn throughout his chest. "Yeah, laugh it up," he says, chuckling along with her and reminding himself to bring whatever's left of the bottle back with them to pass around the crew, for no other reason than it will make someone laugh. (Him. He's the one who will be laughing).
Glancing back to the Doubletake as he feels the ripples of her emotions grow slower and more solemn in some ways, Jack nods and shrugs his shoulder, as if it was nothing. "Here's to makin' new memories in this place, then," he says, the crooked smile on his face entirely because he knows what a shitty platitude it is. "Glad to have made the trip with you, love."
And, surprising no one more than himself, he means it right down to his bones.
~FIN
Glancing back to the Doubletake as he feels the ripples of her emotions grow slower and more solemn in some ways, Jack nods and shrugs his shoulder, as if it was nothing. "Here's to makin' new memories in this place, then," he says, the crooked smile on his face entirely because he knows what a shitty platitude it is. "Glad to have made the trip with you, love."
And, surprising no one more than himself, he means it right down to his bones.
~FIN
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
