hope keeps us breathing, just to kill us in the end
Smirking, Remi raises his eyebrows, nodding sarcastically. "You mean nearly ten years ago? When I was still older than she is now?" The math might have been off on that, but his point still stood. He'd gone into business with a man like Jack because he too had been young once upon a time, and now looking back he could see what a mistake it had been, just as Flora would.
Whether or not it's the mention of the time he'd selfishly hide away in the Cordillera, the mention of Flora having to fend for herself, or being called Dad that does it, but Remi finds his forearm suddenly pressed against Jack's throat, his body pinning him against the back wall, and were it not for the fact that unfurling his wings would have knocked some of the shelves aside, they'd have been flared out from his back. Instead, he settles for feathers snarling through his curls, and his teeth bared an inch or so from Jack's face.
"Yeah, I've made mistakes and I've been a shit dad," he growls. "But you're still worse."
Giving the captain an unnecessary shrug as he straightened, Remi pressed his teeth together as he exhaled sharply through his nose. "You're a businessman, Jack, so think it through." Trying to keep his voice as even as possible despite the way his pulse was thundering in his ears and the urge to simply break Jack's nose for the sheer fuck of it was so strong it almost made his mouth water, Remi attempted to reason with the pirate. "A week ago you said there was nothing and now suddenly there's a relationship? You know this isn't going to go anywhere, and when it inevitably breaks down, not only will you have the Queen of Torchline coming for you, but almost every single demigod in Caido as well." There was no reason in hell for a man like Jack to bet on odds that bad, not when the penalty for losing was death.
Whether or not it's the mention of the time he'd selfishly hide away in the Cordillera, the mention of Flora having to fend for herself, or being called Dad that does it, but Remi finds his forearm suddenly pressed against Jack's throat, his body pinning him against the back wall, and were it not for the fact that unfurling his wings would have knocked some of the shelves aside, they'd have been flared out from his back. Instead, he settles for feathers snarling through his curls, and his teeth bared an inch or so from Jack's face.
"Yeah, I've made mistakes and I've been a shit dad," he growls. "But you're still worse."
Giving the captain an unnecessary shrug as he straightened, Remi pressed his teeth together as he exhaled sharply through his nose. "You're a businessman, Jack, so think it through." Trying to keep his voice as even as possible despite the way his pulse was thundering in his ears and the urge to simply break Jack's nose for the sheer fuck of it was so strong it almost made his mouth water, Remi attempted to reason with the pirate. "A week ago you said there was nothing and now suddenly there's a relationship? You know this isn't going to go anywhere, and when it inevitably breaks down, not only will you have the Queen of Torchline coming for you, but almost every single demigod in Caido as well." There was no reason in hell for a man like Jack to bet on odds that bad, not when the penalty for losing was death.
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
