Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t hesitate before pushing him away but she was tired. Tired of pushing people away, tired of having to do everything herself…tired of letting people down and hurting them. Instead she huddled up against him and allowed herself, for once, to completely break down without worrying about the consequences. She allowed herself to admit through her actions that in this moment, she couldn’t handle being alone. It was too heavy of a weight that was crushing every bone in her tough but fragile body. Selina Kyle was close to breaking and it was terrifying. She listened to his words but she couldn’t come to believe them. Selina squeezed her eyes tight as she wrapped her small arms around Jim, squeezing him even tighter, “I can’t…I can’t get the image out of my head. No matter what I do. Of my ma. Lying there in the tub and her wrists…” Selina couldn’t even continue as the terrifying image was planted in the girl’s memory forever. The blood…there was so much blood mixed into the water that the bath looked like a blood bath. Her mother’s pale, water wrinkled body…her dead, cold…opened eyes. She felt herself starting to shake as she was reliving that dreadful day once again. Selina lets out a shaky breath before looking up at Jim with tear soaked eyes, “How the hell could you be proud of me? I’m a criminal, you’re a detective.”
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