sweet shot of kerosene

JACK

"No," Jack agrees, his voice suddenly low and soft with the deep, dark water he's suddenly treading. "They weren't." There's no apology there - there never has been - and even when they were together, he'd long made it past the point of wanting to fight with Flora about anything. All they'd done was fight and make up, rinse and repeat, towards the end. Perhaps this is the sort of reminder that's needed when they get too cozy down here in her pretty little skyship.

But it all gets real frosty all of a sudden, and despite all else, Jack suddenly feels how he'd always felt after one of their fights. Letting out a long, tired sigh, he refuses to take the bait of her words and merely breezes away back towards the steps up to the main deck. "Wouldn't wanna risk the Sugartide freezin' over again," he adds.

Turning up his collar as he emerges into the chill breeze, he narrows his eyes up towards the sky and is relieved to see the familiar form of The Ark distantly overhead. "A'right," he says, "well, let's see if we can get her airborne an' I'll be outta your way."

fight so dirty but you love so sweet
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!