JACK
Having raised a mental block against the onslaught of Flora's initial shock, the captain can only blink at her through the low light for a few moments, having set the necklace down on his desk, working the fine chain through his fingers as if to give them something to do. And, bit by bit, as she does little and says less, he peeks through the barricade his raised. His wince is little more than a flinching at the corners of his eyes, Jack taking a long, slow breath and letting it out again.
"If I really believed that, I wouldn't have told you anythin' in the first place. I wouldn't have argued to keep you earlier, and I wouldn't have turned Safrin down just now," he says, slowly and almost tentatively. If he thought Flora couldn't compare, if he thought she didn't have anything to offer, if his I love you meant so little.
"I almost put it down as somethin' I'd imagined, if it weren't for this." He nudges the necklace's dark stone. "But when she got a little too friendly earlier, I just... thought of you."
"If I really believed that, I wouldn't have told you anythin' in the first place. I wouldn't have argued to keep you earlier, and I wouldn't have turned Safrin down just now," he says, slowly and almost tentatively. If he thought Flora couldn't compare, if he thought she didn't have anything to offer, if his I love you meant so little.
"I almost put it down as somethin' I'd imagined, if it weren't for this." He nudges the necklace's dark stone. "But when she got a little too friendly earlier, I just... thought of you."
fight so dirty but you love so sweet
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
