i picked the petals

JACK

There's nothing quite so infuriating as realising, mid-argument, that the other person has got a really fucking good point. And so as Jack is left on the precipice of walking away from Flora, as 10ft becomes 20ft, the captain finds his footsteps halting all of a sudden. Alright, maybe the stroke to his ego had been needless at this point, but gods if it doesn't light that fire back under him, Jack huffing out a sharp breath and reaching up to tangle his fingers in his hair.

Is it because he doesn't want to do this? Or is it because he doesn't want the potential snags associated with it, with having a weakness that goes beyond that which he's tried and tested for years, has made provisions for? At this point, is Jack just playing hard to get with himself?

Given that Flora has her back to him and is not a literal mind-reader, as the captain turns on heel and approaches her again, he clears his throat to announce his arrival. "Is this somethin' you'd seriously want?" he asks. "I know it's happened, the feelings are feelings, but do you want it?" Or is this just one overwhelming love out of many, lost in the Astaroths and Koas of the world?

believer, believe it or not you'll know
when it ends and how it goes