things get messy and the sky feels heavy

JACK

"A front row seat, huh?" Jack raises his eyebrows, and no small part of him would relish the opportunity. "So long as I've got a clear escape route, I'm in." One doesn't have to be a coward to not want to be stuck somewhere with Remi Taliesin. (And Jack can confirm that, given that he's very recently experienced it himself).

He doesn't expect the wisdom that spills from her lips, though honestly, with as much time as Jack spends around Flora these days, he really ought not be so surprised. Tipping his head forward ever so slightly for her fingers to play through the back of his hair, he gives a non-committal shrug that's about as good as any agreement.

"You didn't? I could have bet you my ship that he would," he says with a crooked smile, though of course that's easy to say now that it's actually happened. And where some men might have felt insecure about the fires that begin to burn in Flora's eyes, the captain absolutely knows better; if anything, he only draws her closer against him. "I believe you," he murmurs, leaning in for a kiss as slow as it is hungry.

when I look at something, I see it for what it could be
when I look at something, I see how it ends

Code stolen from Queen Sky