❰ there isn't a part of finnick that doesn't ache, between his body's residual protest against his last day or so in the capitol and the even more pressing array of bittersweet emotions burrowing hard into the hollow of his gut. he's never been more proud of or scared for this stupidly brave woman sprawled before him, and it feels like a mixing of waters both scalding and freezing coursing through his veins. it's too much. she's too much.
and then comes the question, utterly loaded but finnick finds that he's not so upset about that. careful fingers swipe balm across the remainder of one more gash before any reply comes. ❱ I'm not sure that's the word I used. ❰ it's a little bit slower, the teasing note lingering but quieted now in favor of something more genuine. 'like' - he hadn't said 'like'.
and that correction may very well be an answer in and of itself. ❱
[ it's not the words. exactly. but in that moment, it feels like enough. a less exhausted, less wounded version of herself would battle him for a straight answer but she'd only battle with a less exhausted, less wounded version himself as well. for now, it works as another sort of balm on her heart.
she hopes that's how he means it. she can only do that now, hope. she lets her eyes close for a moment as she swallows thickly.]
No, it's not. [ the word he used and she smiles through the pain and aches. her jaw sets a little longer before she speaks again.] It's starting to feel better...
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and then comes the question, utterly loaded but finnick finds that he's not so upset about that. careful fingers swipe balm across the remainder of one more gash before any reply comes. ❱ I'm not sure that's the word I used. ❰ it's a little bit slower, the teasing note lingering but quieted now in favor of something more genuine. 'like' - he hadn't said 'like'.
and that correction may very well be an answer in and of itself. ❱
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she hopes that's how he means it. she can only do that now, hope. she lets her eyes close for a moment as she swallows thickly.]
No, it's not. [ the word he used and she smiles through the pain and aches. her jaw sets a little longer before she speaks again.] It's starting to feel better...