JACK
"That's what people are like, Flora," Jack snaps, slamming a hand on the counter at the same time as he catches the drink she slides to him, and for a moment there's only years of distrust and anger on the captain's face, put there by decades of seeing the betrayal happen real time, poisoning him to the possibility of a relationship that isn't seen as leverage or blackmail. "And you can't think that way - you can't think you're fuckin' untouchable and that you'll always be safe. The governor who ruled this place since before I was born thought that, and the fuckin' Apopo erupted all over him."
Hissing out a curse under his breath as if irritated at his own show of anger, Jack forces his hand to relax around his glass. She's not wrong, that his baggage and her contacts all but cancel each other out - and heavily skew in Flora's favour, truth be told - and the captain's shoulders sag as if under the weight of that knowledge.
"Flora, I can only tell you that this won't work so many times before..." Before he remembers he isn't a good man, and he does what he wants and takes what he wants anyway, consequences be damned. Jack shakes his head. "I'm not good for you." Or for anyone.
Hissing out a curse under his breath as if irritated at his own show of anger, Jack forces his hand to relax around his glass. She's not wrong, that his baggage and her contacts all but cancel each other out - and heavily skew in Flora's favour, truth be told - and the captain's shoulders sag as if under the weight of that knowledge.
"Flora, I can only tell you that this won't work so many times before..." Before he remembers he isn't a good man, and he does what he wants and takes what he wants anyway, consequences be damned. Jack shakes his head. "I'm not good for you." Or for anyone.
romancing yourself is possible, narcissistic
and recommended
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