[ Wouldn't that be nice? It sounded something like atonement. But that was the whiskey high talking more than it was Shadow. Jess gave up on the concept of retribution when Hope's blood was pooling on the floor, soaking her knees. The deck was stacked against her. There was no fooling herself into thinking she had the time or chance to make up for the damage done around her. For her. By her.
She deserved to be with someone whose life was as fraught with danger and pain as her own.
Jess relented, though she couldn't say she was appeased. Shadow had sidestepped the matter of guilt, not vowed to deny it. But considering that it was a big ask, she didn't hold it against him. He needed time to work out if it was possible, and if it was, exactly how. She would try to do the same. It was her choice to keep him in her life. If he was irrevocably torn out of it, he wouldn't want her to suffer for it.
Yeah. A big, big ask.
She lifted her hand and held him by the crook of his neck. Their lips nearly parting, she brushed them together again, full and soft. Jess took the scent of him onto her tongue with a small breath and invited him to deepen the kiss. ]
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She deserved to be with someone whose life was as fraught with danger and pain as her own.
Jess relented, though she couldn't say she was appeased. Shadow had sidestepped the matter of guilt, not vowed to deny it. But considering that it was a big ask, she didn't hold it against him. He needed time to work out if it was possible, and if it was, exactly how. She would try to do the same. It was her choice to keep him in her life. If he was irrevocably torn out of it, he wouldn't want her to suffer for it.
Yeah. A big, big ask.
She lifted her hand and held him by the crook of his neck. Their lips nearly parting, she brushed them together again, full and soft. Jess took the scent of him onto her tongue with a small breath and invited him to deepen the kiss. ]