flora
Straightening at that, Flora's lips part to argue before she realizes that he isn't wrong. Only..only.."But you don't care." She protests; the casual tap tap tap of his fingers against her waist hardly helps matters. "You knew how I felt before all of this, knew.." Heat and colour splash against her cheeks and across the bridge of her nose at the exact same moment that the tide of her thoughts suddenly rises as if having been hit by a flash flood. "..that I liked you." That she still did, that she...
Pressing her eyes closed, Flora shakes her head. "But that's the thing. I only have you when compared to the way you treat everyone else." She mutters, trying not to see the double-star behind her eyelids and thus failing to see anything but it. "That isn't the same as having you." Her tone has taken on a pleading tone that she doubts will get her anywhere, and gods if this doesn't feel suspiciously like one of those times the pair are simply going to talk in circles around one another.
Tilting her chin upward, Flora barks out an abrupt laugh. Of all the nonsense Jack had ever pulled from her thoughts, that was the one that upset him? "Of course I am." Incredulity has her thoughts growingoclear transparent for a moment, revealing the molten roots that dug deep into her core. "Of course I'm going to be jealous when you go fuck someone else, when you tell Safrin that you love her, that you're hers." Lowering her gaze again, able to look at him if only because the sting of tears against the back of her eyes was more distracting than his new tattoos, again Flora shakes her head. "But I've helped you with your stupid quest haven't I? It isn't my fault how I feel or think about it, but I still killed that boggart for you. I haven't told anyone about—" you "—went with you to get your stupid water. I never asked you not to go and fuck her, never—" Feeling her tone rise to a point that was going to become hysterical if she didn't quit soon, Flora forces her lips together, her gaze slipping somewhere near his shoulder and growing unfocused.
Pressing her eyes closed, Flora shakes her head. "But that's the thing. I only have you when compared to the way you treat everyone else." She mutters, trying not to see the double-star behind her eyelids and thus failing to see anything but it. "That isn't the same as having you." Her tone has taken on a pleading tone that she doubts will get her anywhere, and gods if this doesn't feel suspiciously like one of those times the pair are simply going to talk in circles around one another.
Tilting her chin upward, Flora barks out an abrupt laugh. Of all the nonsense Jack had ever pulled from her thoughts, that was the one that upset him? "Of course I am." Incredulity has her thoughts growing
I want to be when you fall on me like night
I wanna kill the lights
I wanna kill the lights
