i could be the reason you can't sleep at night
"That doesn't mean anything." Flora argues, of Safrin not asking for much. "And you know that." She adds with a huff, wanting to shake some sense in him even if it all was too late. She doesn't, of course, not with how his psyche seemed to be just as thin and flaky as the blood drying on his skin.
Having never felt less seen than she does just then, with Jack's blue eyes looking right through her, Flora shifts to lean back even further from him if only to try and force some perspective. Releasing her hold of the blanket so that it flutters against his arm, the queen licks her bottom lip, dropping her eyes and shaking her head. "I would." Her honesty was bald and bright in her mind for him to see, if he could peel his thoughts away from whatever stardust Safrin had left in him to see it, that was.
"Immortality." She murmurs, tasting the word. Immediately her stomach clenches as a wave of something cold rises up from her belly, sloshing against the back of her throat. "And...your hers." It wasn't a question. Looking down at her hands, Flora rubs at her fingers. "For ever."
Having never felt less seen than she does just then, with Jack's blue eyes looking right through her, Flora shifts to lean back even further from him if only to try and force some perspective. Releasing her hold of the blanket so that it flutters against his arm, the queen licks her bottom lip, dropping her eyes and shaking her head. "I would." Her honesty was bald and bright in her mind for him to see, if he could peel his thoughts away from whatever stardust Safrin had left in him to see it, that was.
"Immortality." She murmurs, tasting the word. Immediately her stomach clenches as a wave of something cold rises up from her belly, sloshing against the back of her throat. "And...your hers." It wasn't a question. Looking down at her hands, Flora rubs at her fingers. "For ever."
