i can't help it if i want to kiss you in the rain, so
"That’s your choice to make!" Flora snaps, her voice quick and cutting as salt on a split lip. "That’s the whole point. It’s up to you what you do now—but don’t put it on me like you’re some kind of martyr and I’m the problem. I’m telling you I’m already in the firing line. I have been since before all of this. Whether you fight or not doesn’t change that."
Her arms uncross as he rises, and something flares sharp and bright in her chest, catching behind her ribs like a storm breaking loose. The second his wings spread, the second she sees the telltale posture of yet another man preparing to leave her behind like that somehow makes a fucking point—
"How dare you," she blurts, rising too, quick and fluid and furious, curls catching the light as she steps forward. "How dare you guilt trip me about kids and safety and loving someone just so you can walk away when the conversation doesn’t go how you want it to."
Her jaw clenches as she glares at his wings, expression tight with frustration, hurt, and the searing, exhausted rage of someone who is so tired of being the one everyone thinks they need to protect by leaving. "You don’t get to drop something like that and fly off like it’s profound. You and Remi are just as bad as each other, I swear to god."
Her arms uncross as he rises, and something flares sharp and bright in her chest, catching behind her ribs like a storm breaking loose. The second his wings spread, the second she sees the telltale posture of yet another man preparing to leave her behind like that somehow makes a fucking point—
"How dare you," she blurts, rising too, quick and fluid and furious, curls catching the light as she steps forward. "How dare you guilt trip me about kids and safety and loving someone just so you can walk away when the conversation doesn’t go how you want it to."
Her jaw clenches as she glares at his wings, expression tight with frustration, hurt, and the searing, exhausted rage of someone who is so tired of being the one everyone thinks they need to protect by leaving. "You don’t get to drop something like that and fly off like it’s profound. You and Remi are just as bad as each other, I swear to god."
