if the journey of a thousand miles starts when you take the first step
"You don't have to do this. I won't say anything." She muttered stupidly, wanting instantly to take the words back. Her last words couldn't be that predictable. Gods how whiny and small she sounded.
Dragged close to him, closer than she'd ever been, she choked back on the breath in her lungs, trying to hold it there so she'd not whimper mere inches from his face. It hadn't occurred to her quite yet how futile this was given how accessible all her thoughts were to him. Her eyes roamed over the flecks of blood speckling his scruff, how the blue of his eyes looked so casual.
"Come on Jack, what would I have to gain by telling, huh? What other captain would put up with my shit day after day? Me swanning about?" She tried to laugh and failed, her fear making the sound hollow and flighty. "Besides, I only know this one little thing about you. By now you must know all there is to know about me. It's hardly much leverage, this one little thing. Not with all you know. Right?" Because her mind couldn't help her now, she resorted to all she had left. He knew her magic too well to believe her normal tricks of hellfire, so instead she tried to loop her arms around his neck, her body pressed suggestively against his. "Right?"
Dragged close to him, closer than she'd ever been, she choked back on the breath in her lungs, trying to hold it there so she'd not whimper mere inches from his face. It hadn't occurred to her quite yet how futile this was given how accessible all her thoughts were to him. Her eyes roamed over the flecks of blood speckling his scruff, how the blue of his eyes looked so casual.
"Come on Jack, what would I have to gain by telling, huh? What other captain would put up with my shit day after day? Me swanning about?" She tried to laugh and failed, her fear making the sound hollow and flighty. "Besides, I only know this one little thing about you. By now you must know all there is to know about me. It's hardly much leverage, this one little thing. Not with all you know. Right?" Because her mind couldn't help her now, she resorted to all she had left. He knew her magic too well to believe her normal tricks of hellfire, so instead she tried to loop her arms around his neck, her body pressed suggestively against his. "Right?"
i'll travel for a little while, & i won't be coming back
