flora
Where Flora had expected Jack's admonishment to come in a far softer tone, the one a disappointed dad might use, it really did make much more sense for it to be the scolding sort of voice she'd heard him take with his crew. It's who he was, after all. Despite the flair of stubbornness that had her wanting to just walk off, Flora knows better than to think she could sass Jack now and expect him to pick up these threads with the same sort of care and concern later on when she was actually ready for it.
Letting her eyes drop toward his boots, the queen continues to rub one hand up the side of her arm as she shifts her weight from one foot to the other. Her thoughts suddenly felt like they were in a freefall—like too many stars shooting past and threatening to blind her—for her to know what she was meant to latch onto, what she was meant to say.
"I can do better." She vows hastily, forgetting all the good advice she'd given herself earlier that day about getting out before she got herself properly hurt, and instead opting to take the blame for everything that had transpired between them. "I know it's my fault that things are like this, and I can just..." Months ago she'd told him not make her fall in love with him, but at this point, was it even his fault anymore? "..stop."
Letting her eyes drop toward his boots, the queen continues to rub one hand up the side of her arm as she shifts her weight from one foot to the other. Her thoughts suddenly felt like they were in a freefall—like too many stars shooting past and threatening to blind her—for her to know what she was meant to latch onto, what she was meant to say.
"I can do better." She vows hastily, forgetting all the good advice she'd given herself earlier that day about getting out before she got herself properly hurt, and instead opting to take the blame for everything that had transpired between them. "I know it's my fault that things are like this, and I can just..." Months ago she'd told him not make her fall in love with him, but at this point, was it even his fault anymore? "..stop."
How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?
Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?
Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?
