JACK
"No, I asked to see that," Jack says, as if they both might have forgotten that; Flora's mind might have been his self-confessed favourite place to be, but the captain is too much of a control freak to ask for something unless he really wants it, regardless of the pleasure that had been radiating between them at the time, turning logic into golden sparks of lust and starlight.
Taking the cigarette from his lips and flicking the ash from it before setting it down into the tray, Jack apparently changes his mind about taking things more slowly with his drinking, because he's reaching out to drain the rest of his glass almost immediately afterwards. He does mean it - that she's better than he is, that she can do anything with her life that she chooses, that things wouldn't work between them.
And she's still here, just as he is, just as they both had been up at the Aumakua. "You make me so weak, Flora," he whispers; not only is it the truth, it's not even meant as an insult. It's something that, as Queen of Torchline if not as someone who so often doubts herself, she ought to feel incredibly proud about. "I might act like you're a nuisance, but I do the thing anyway. I might roll my eyes, but I didn't push you away." And if it had been something he'd absolutely abhored, Jack would have found a way around it; would have sent someone else in his place, would have made his excuses.
Taking the cigarette from his lips and flicking the ash from it before setting it down into the tray, Jack apparently changes his mind about taking things more slowly with his drinking, because he's reaching out to drain the rest of his glass almost immediately afterwards. He does mean it - that she's better than he is, that she can do anything with her life that she chooses, that things wouldn't work between them.
And she's still here, just as he is, just as they both had been up at the Aumakua. "You make me so weak, Flora," he whispers; not only is it the truth, it's not even meant as an insult. It's something that, as Queen of Torchline if not as someone who so often doubts herself, she ought to feel incredibly proud about. "I might act like you're a nuisance, but I do the thing anyway. I might roll my eyes, but I didn't push you away." And if it had been something he'd absolutely abhored, Jack would have found a way around it; would have sent someone else in his place, would have made his excuses.
romancing yourself is possible, narcissistic
and recommended
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