[PQ+] the things that others fear

flora

Folding her arms tightly over her chest, Flora lifts her chin defiantly as she stares at Asta. It felt like looking at someone entirely new, seeing him now. If she'd been worried at all that the sight of him would have her wanting to slip back into his arms one more time if only for closure, she could put that fear to rest. Knowing what he'd smell like if she moved any closer, what the hands clasped behind his back were capable of doing, what the corded feel of his tail wrapped around her waist had felt like, how sharp his teeth were, only had her stiffening all the more. None of it had meant anything to him; the man before her might as well have been a stranger for how familiar he seemed.

"Here's hoping it isn't a tree." The queen snaps coldly, though as the familiar darling escapes Asta's sharp teeth, Flora can't quite hide her flinch.

Glancing over his shoulder as Jack rounds the bend, the captain's smile a confusing picture of excitement? Flora can only scoff. "If this is whose been sent to keep you safe, I've got bad news for you." Images of she, Danta, and Asta taking down the wicker woman flash behind the queen's eyes, followed by the butcher hanging on to life by nothing more than a thread. A thread that she had summoned a goddess to fix.

"If you say so." Flora murmurs doubtfully, of this being lucky and fun. "That way, but...the hedges move, hence why.." Having nodded over her shoulder, the queen glances at Spice who'd opted to sit atop one of the hedges and stare menacingly at Asta.

I'm stupid but I'm clever
I can make a shitshow look a whole lot like forever and ever

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!