Flora
there's no time to waste on loving badly
Flora’s eyes widen immediately, bright and exaggerated in a way that borders on theatrical sincerity, her lips parting as she hums a soft, considering, "Mmmmmm," like she’s tasting the phrasing rather than the meaning, before tilting her head just slightly, one brow lifting with delicate precision as she adds, "That’s how Sohalia put it," letting the words settle between them with a lightness that doesn’t quite bother disguising the weight underneath.And she really doesn’t want this to turn into something ugly, not here, not tonight, not when everything is still glittering and warm and designed by those she loves, and because she likes Colt; genuinely, in that easy, growing way that had felt uncomplicated up until very recently. But liking someone has never once stopped her from calling out the exact shape of a thing when she sees it, and this, this sits wrong in a way that won’t let her smile it off and circle back to it later, not when it involves Soh, not when it involves trust, not when it feels like something she’d quietly believed was mutual has been treated as if it were optional between them.
Flora's shoulders lift in a small, almost careless shrug, though the way her fingers curl lightly against Mateo’s side betrays a tension she doesn’t bother smoothing out. "It was pointed out to me that maybe you just weren’t thinking," she says, the words soft, offered like an olive branch that’s just a little too polished to be entirely sincere, her gaze steady on Colt’s even as her tone stays light, because no part of her believes the rancher is that short-sighted. "Which honestly feels like just as much of a slap in the face, because I thought we were friends." There’s no accusation sharpened into a blade yet, just that quiet, unmistakable shift where the room seems to narrow by a fraction.
"I already said I'd help you. If you needed people, I would've helped you find them. But starting with my bestfriend? Offering her a leadership spot to try and seal the deal when there is a whole ass world out there for you to pick from?"
Code stolen from Queen Sky
