❝ no point ? there’s PLENTY of points. ❞ he should know ; he created them, running them situation up and down the jagged edges of himself until they were SHARP. he takes a step forward, measured, steady despite the alcohol coursing through his veins like it’s his life blood. ( editor, please scratch the “ like ” from the previous sentence. there is no “ like ” there only “ is ” with men like him. )
❝ i did say that, yes, i did but YOU ——- you just like overreacting. drama. always have. ❞
❝ overreacting? you think i’m overreacting? ❞
she has a right. she has a damn right to this feeling. he was lucky to have her, to have someone who was good at what they did but also cared about their teammates, cared about the countless hours eliot spent with a broken rib or how hardison still gets nightmares, how she refused to sleep on the one occasion she overhears him calling out to his grandma, to parker. she was helping parker overcome herself, her old self and let love and trust in. you don’t just bring these many people that were alone and without homes, without other people to call a home and not have sophie become a center point to them. it’s something that hardison told her, when she asked why they needed someone like her. we trust you to make sure that we’re all okay. at first, she had thought that it just meant physical. broken bones, a few scratches but no, she understood it clearly after a while. hardison had meant broken hearts and hopeless looks, the every man/woman for themselves approach. somehow, she had helped them heal over that old feeling and replace it with something that became vital to them, that didn’t haunt them and force them to feel like a walking tragedy. those words still clung to her, still gave her a sense of h o m e and purpose. she hadn’t meant to get this deeply involved and this affected by what were once strangers that rarely crossed paths.
❝ you have no right to say that to me. you gave me this team. you’re
the one who says call sophie. those words come out of your mouth and
sometimes, they call me whenever there’s not a con and I’ve gotten protective
over them. you can call me dramatic. call me whatever you like but do not
ever tell me that i’m overreacting when it comes to their lives. ❞
❝ where are your points? you have my attention. so put the bottle down and make your
sentences count. ❞
