If Sohalia was surprised to hear marriage on her friend’s lips, she hid it well, her brow merely knitting together in thought as she listened. She’d known that the couple were serious - or, at least, that Flora was serious - but to hear her speak of matrimony was something that she’d been somehow unprepared for. What must it be like, she wondered, to be so incredibly sure of someone only to have the rug pulled out from under you?
Was that what she’d done to Jude and Koa? Not that they’d been anywhere close to marriage, of course, but if she’d inflicted even a modicum of this kind of damage on them… she really deserved to rot in the depths of hell.
Because almost worse than the realization that Jack was gone was the sudden understanding that maybe he hadn’t known Flora like she’d thought, and that was somehow a more depressing thing - that this person who the Doubletake had thought to be her other half could cut her out of his life so easily, so completely, without even taking a moment to look backwards…
And then there was another blow, one that left Soh staring at her best friend, speechless. ”But… you’ll be…” Not defenseless, perhaps, because gods knew that Flora was better at taking care of herself than Soh, but certainly not benefiting from the protection that her plot had offered to all the rest of them. Blinking back tears of despair, Soh’s grip tightened on Flora. ”I’ll come with you,” she said desperately. ”We can - we can go wherever you want, and - and -“ And what? Wait? Hide? Still, Soh set her jaw mulishly. ”Let me come with you. We’ll figure it out.”
Was that what she’d done to Jude and Koa? Not that they’d been anywhere close to marriage, of course, but if she’d inflicted even a modicum of this kind of damage on them… she really deserved to rot in the depths of hell.
Because almost worse than the realization that Jack was gone was the sudden understanding that maybe he hadn’t known Flora like she’d thought, and that was somehow a more depressing thing - that this person who the Doubletake had thought to be her other half could cut her out of his life so easily, so completely, without even taking a moment to look backwards…
And then there was another blow, one that left Soh staring at her best friend, speechless. ”But… you’ll be…” Not defenseless, perhaps, because gods knew that Flora was better at taking care of herself than Soh, but certainly not benefiting from the protection that her plot had offered to all the rest of them. Blinking back tears of despair, Soh’s grip tightened on Flora. ”I’ll come with you,” she said desperately. ”We can - we can go wherever you want, and - and -“ And what? Wait? Hide? Still, Soh set her jaw mulishly. ”Let me come with you. We’ll figure it out.”
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
