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@sevenbulletsavior
"Look in the mirror and see yourself for what you truly are. You're a New Yorker. You're a hero. This is your Hell's Kitchen. Welcome home."
sevenbulletsavior. A private, mutuals-only roleplay blog for NMCUs Karen Page. Canon compliant-ish through Daredevil: Born Again.
RULES & ABOUT and MAINS & EXCLUSIVES. / PLOTS & WISHLIST. / MEMES. / HEADCANON MASTER LIST. / ACTIVITIY REMINDER. / NMCU ONLY.
ᝰ🚬 𝚉𝙰𝙲𝙷𝚁𝙿 .ᐟ RANDOM TEXT MESSAGE PROMPTS. CHANGE ANY PRONOUNS IF NECESSARY. SOME MATURE THEMES MAY BE PRESENT.
[TXT] : answer the question.
[TXT] : you left your jacket here.
[TXT] : ignore that last message.
[TXT] : must be my fault somehow.
[TXT] : this was a bad idea but i'm doing it anyway.
[TXT] : guess i misunderstood the vibe.
[TXT] : i'm only texting you because i'm drunk.
[TXT] : i can't stop thinking about your hands.
[TXT] : you're not gonna believe this..
[TXT] : i'm blushing shut up.
[TXT] : okay wait no don't answer that.
[TXT] : i didn't say anything because i didn't want to argue.
[TXT] : be honest with me.
[TXT] : are you free tonight?
[TXT] : i'll explain later, just call me now!
[TXT] : i like it when you looked at me like that.
[TXT] : i should stop texting before this escalates.
[TXT] : i keep rereading that message.
[TXT] : are you trying to distract me on purpose.
[TXT] : i hate that you were right.
[TXT] : you'd be so proud of me right now and also disappointed.
[TXT] : cheers to bad decisions.
[TXT] : i had a dream about you.
[TXT] : i thought you were coming?
[TXT] : wow that's crazy.
[TXT] : it's whatever honestly.
[TXT] : your stuff is still here.
[TXT] : open the door.
[TXT] : what are you doing right now?
[TXT] : don't screenshot this.
[TXT] : don't make me ask twice.
[TXT] : i'm grabbing coffee, want one?
[TXT] : what are we?
[TXT] : no really it's fine.
[TXT] : you don't have to lie.
[TXT] : i don't feel great.
[TXT] : don't rush i've only been waiting.
[TXT] : i forgot the grocery list.
[TXT] : don't do this over text.
[TXT] : did i do something wrong?
[TXT] : i don't trust myself around you.
[TXT] : running late sorry.
[TXT] : you make it hard to be good.
[TXT] : i told myself i wouldn't text you tonight.
[TXT] : are you mad at me.
[TXT] : please answer me.
[TXT] : i told you not to do that.
[TXT] : can i come over?
[TXT] : i'm outside.
[TXT] : you're being unfair.
[TXT] : that's not an excuse.
[TXT] : can you stay on the phone with me?
[TXT] : are you busy?
[TXT] : please tell me you're okay.
[TXT] : i think i fucked up.
[TXT] : i need to vent.
[TXT] : do you want food?
[TXT] : this is messing with my head.
[TXT] : i should not be imagining this right now.
[TXT] : are you mad at me?
[TXT] : please say something.
[TXT] : can you lie for me?
[TXT] : i found your keys!
[TXT] : i just thought you'd let me know.
[TXT] : i know you're awake.
[TXT] : stay the night.
[TXT] : you look good and you know it.
[TXT] : this reminded me of you!
[TXT] : this conversation is not helping my self control.
[TXT] : i love how you only respond when it's convenient.
[TXT] : i love you and i hate that i love you.
[TXT] : you left me on read.
[TXT] : i cleared my schedule.
[TXT] : i can't keep doing this.
[TXT] : are you alone?
[TXT] : stuck in traffic.
[TXT] : you could've just said no.
[TXT] : i don't want to be alone.
[TXT] : who are you with?
[TXT] : something has to change.
[TXT] : if you were here right now i'd be in serious trouble.
[TXT] : i'm done.
[TXT] : don't tease me.
[TXT] : i'm getting worried.
[TXT] : oh okay i guess we're not talking anymore.
[TXT] : where are you??
[TXT] : i'm thinking about you.
[TXT] : i hate nights like this without you.
[TXT] : can you come get me?
[TXT] : look up.
[TXT] : i trust you.
[TXT] : i need help.
[TXT] : this is flirting right?
[TXT] : i changed my mind about earlier.
[TXT] : it's fine do whatever you want.
[TXT] : it's not what it looked like, okay?
[TXT] : my brain won't shut up about last night.
[TXT] : please come get me before i make worse choices.
[TXT] : that was not funny.
[TXT] : i'm proud of you.
[TXT] : i don't know why i'm telling you this.
[TXT] : i'm sorry, i should've said something sooner
[TXT] : please don't be mad..
[TXT] : are you coming over or just teasing me?
[TXT] : i won't bother you again.
[TXT] : i almost sent this three times.
[TXT] : did you get home safe?
[TXT] : you don't owe me anything clearly.
[TXT] : i miss you.
[TXT] : guess who i just ran into..
[TXT] : i can't sleep.
[TXT] : i need clarity.
[TXT] : tell me to behave.
[TXT] : okay fine you win.
[TXT] : hello?
[TXT] : you did good.
[TXT] : do you miss me?
[TXT] : i'm bored, entertain me.
[TXT] : are you safe??
[TXT] : you're unbelievable.
[TXT] : i shouldn't have said what i said earlier.
[TXT] : i hope you're asleep because this is embarrassing.
[TXT] : don't ever say that again.
[TXT] : are you flirting with me?
[TXT] : you owe me gas money.
[TXT] : stop avoiding me.
[TXT] : call me when you see this!
[TXT] : you still mad?
[TXT] : can we talk in person?
[TXT] : can i crash at your place?
[TXT] : you're going to get me in trouble.
[TXT] : i'm spiraling.
[TXT] : you're doing this on purpose.
[TXT] : okay i'm done texting now.
[TXT] : you look cute.
[TXT] : glad you had fun.
[TXT] : i'm exhausted.
[TXT] : i'm trying to be respectful but you're not helping.
[TXT] : why would you think that was okay??
[TXT] : i want to move on.
[TXT] : thanks for the heads up i guess.
[TXT] : you left your panties here for a reason didn't you.
[TXT] : you know exactly what you're doing.
[TXT] : please don't tell anyone.
[TXT] : remember when we said we wouldn't do this again.
[TXT] : i can't find my shoes.
[TXT] : do you always do this or just to me?
[TXT] : tell me you don't miss me so i can shut up.
[TXT] : you crossed a line.
[TXT] : you up?
[TXT] : you didn't have to do that.
[TXT] : don't get smug.
[TXT] : i'm on my way!
[TXT] : i should not be saying this.
[TXT] : remind me to tell you later.
[TXT] : come over.
For a long time there had only been nothingness, an endless stretch of dark that consumed every attempt at memory and understanding that tried to form. Karen moved through the sparse apartment with care, fingers trailing along foreign surfaces that were pristine, bare of any and all decor that heralded a life lived within the four walls.
The words that slipped out were a quiet whisper to herself more than to him. “I’ve forgotten myself and you.”
❛ I won't let you forget me. ❜ @s-aint’s words sounded sincere but something in them made that primal fear kick in deep within: muscles tensed, alarm bells blared, and every fiber of her being said to run.
Dex was her partner, her soulmate, the man she truly loved…or that was what he had told her when she came to in that hospital room, darkness fading but the nothingness still clinging to her, engulfing her. His hands clutched her own, holding tight, a physical tether to a world that nearly slipped through her own fingers.
Back in the place that should have sparked memories, the home she’d been torn from in that fatal accident, the nothing was still there, tentacles wrapped tightly around reason and understanding. When Karen turned to face the man who said he loved her, she couldn’t fight back the tears, knuckles white as she gripped the back of the dining room chair. “Dex…I…I don’t know how to be us.”
But what is us that primal voice whispered, clawing at a memory just out of reach.
SOFT REBOOT PLOTTING CALL!
Since I am returning, hit the heart to plot. I'm going to generally be starting over with interactions outside of pre-established ships (which I have like...two of those active on this blog currently). I'm not wiping the slate clean but I most definitely cannot pick up old threads.
For post-DDBA s2: Karen and Matt were just friends, and...she's now trying to find her place in a post-Fisk NYC (honestly? she's probably at Murdock & McDuffie helping do PI stuff since Cherry's health is...y'know, not the best).
Hellion had two teeth removed today so it’s been a long day.
When you have an ask from @s-aint and just immediately start plotting mentally…
&. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
( dialogue prompts taken from the second season of hulu's the bear, created by christopher storer. feel free to edit and change as you seem fit. )
❛ you ever think about purpose? ❜
❛ i love you, but i do not have time for this, alright? ❜
❛ i have time for this. ❜
❛ you know what the fuck you're doing. you love this shit. it's fun for you. i don't have that. ❜
❛ i'm afraid one day, i'm gonna wake up and you guys are all just gonna just drop this ass. ❜
❛ if this shit is not fun for you, what the fuck is fun for you? ❜
❛ i'm not making the same mistakes i made last time. ❜
❛ what kind of insurance coverage do we have for people falling through the fucking wall? ❜
❛ sometimes, i look like february. ❜
❛ you want a sprite? you look kinda green. ❜
❛ can i ask you something and you can tell me to fuck off if you want? ❜
❛ chef, that's way too much acid. ❜
❛ you, uh, making a sundae? ❜
❛ that actually sounds delicious. ❜
❛ because you're the bear and i remember you. ❜
❛ i love taking care of you. and i always will. you know that? ❜
❛ i'm glad i came 'cause i get to eat this. ❜
❛ i gotta come up with three really great desserts. you got any ideas? ❜
❛ you ever made ice cream before, chef? want to? ❜
❛ it kind of tastes like a, um... minty snickers bar. ❜
❛ so how long you been a cook? ❜
❛ how’d you get good at this? ❜
❛ you can spend all the time in the world in here, but if you don't spend enough time out there... you know? ❜
❛ speaking of dead brothers, do you wanna go to a party? ❜
❛ it looks so pretty on you. you should keep it. ❜
❛ what's going on with you? i know there's something. just tell me. ❜
❛ what are you talking about, i don't give a fuck? why would you say that to me? i give like a huge fuck. ❜
❛ you're not by yourself, alright? i'm right here with you. ❜
❛ did you just throw a fork at me? ❜
❛ i think time spent doing this is time well spent. ❜
❛ never too late to start over. ❜
❛ i just want you to know... that this is really nice. ❜
❛ i'm thinking you're very, very beautiful. ❜
❛ we just don't say hello anymore? ❜
❛ you're wearing a suit? ❜
❛ uh, yeah, i wear suits now. ❜
❛ i'm sorry if i took anything out on you and if I treated you like shit. ❜
❛ i actually do think that we could fit good together. ❜
❛ i could be good at things that you don't really wanna do. and you're obviously really great at a whole bunch of stuff that I don't know how to do, you know? ❜
❛ i'm wearing a suit 'cause it makes me feel better about myself. ❜
❛ i know that you're trying. i see that you're trying. ❜
❛ you just came from a funeral? ❜
❛ yeah, a funeral of all my enemies. ❜
❛ you want me to make you some coffee? ❜
❛ i just need your focus like you need mine. ❜
❛ you good? ❜
❛ what's your relationship with your mom like? ❜
❛ alright, chef, i need you to salt that like a sidewalk. ❜
❛ looks gorgeous, chef. ❜
❛ i haven't eaten yet. ❜
❛ oh, let me make you something. ❜
❛ yeah, i can make you an omelet. ❜
❛ that wasn't like an ask out or anything, was it? ❜
❛ i'm looking really good. i 'm thinking you should start calling me chef. ❜
❛ well, i'mma keep calling you jagoff, 'cause that's what you like. ❜
❛ you deserve my full focus. ❜
❛ i guess i'm scared that i don't have what it takes to not fuck this up. ❜
❛ you're not gonna fuck it up. ❜
❛ i fuck things up all the time, like, every day. ❜
❛ you could do this without me. ❜
❛ i couldn't do it without you. i wouldn't even wanna to do it without you. ❜
❛ you make me better at this. ❜
❛ you still love to cook, right? ❜
❛ how's the wine? ❜
❛ yo. we're low on forks, chef. ❜
❛ okay, let's start firing some caviar, please. ❜
❛ i was just gonna say how special and cool and great this place is and how i'm the most proud of you ever. ❜
❛ i really appreciate you being so patient with me. ❜
❛ do i have time to go outside and scream "fuck"? ❜
❛ just don't tell them you saw me, 'cause this is embarrassing. ❜
❛ i love them so much. i don't know how to show it. ❜
❛ i don't know how to say i'm sorry. ❜
❛ i need you to say it's okay. ❜
❛ you are being so fucking weird, man. ❜
❛ i'm stuck in a goddamn refrigerator on the opening night of my fucking restaurant. ❜
❛ i failed you guys and it's not gonna happen again. ❜
❛ maybe i'm just not built for this. ❜
❛ because no amount of good is worth how terrible this feels. ❜
❛ i'm really sorry you feel that way. ❜
❛ would you shut the fuck up and get me the fuck outta here, please? ❜
❛ i don't understand why you can't just let something good happen for once in your fucking life? ❜
❛ you wanna talk to me about my fucking kid? at least i got a kid. ❜
❛ where were you when i fucking put your brother in the ground, you selfish piece of shit? ❜
❛ i fucking love you! ❜
❛ you fucking need me. ❜
❛ i just had this sudden urge to tell you that i've always had this, like, massive crush on you. ❜
❛ i love you, chef. ❜
SOFT REBOOT PLOTTING CALL!
Since I am returning, hit the heart to plot. I'm going to generally be starting over with interactions outside of pre-established ships (which I have like...two of those active on this blog currently). I'm not wiping the slate clean but I most definitely cannot pick up old threads.
For post-DDBA s2: Karen and Matt were just friends, and...she's now trying to find her place in a post-Fisk NYC (honestly? she's probably at Murdock & McDuffie helping do PI stuff since Cherry's health is...y'know, not the best).
&. 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬.
( this is basically just a very self indulgent list of various fluff, angst, and suggestive themed dialogue sentence starters. )
❛ i could keep you safe. they’re all afraid of me. ❜
❛ i’m trying to fix your hair, so hold still. ❜
❛ your heart is beating so fast right now. ❜
❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜
❛ you’re not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜
❛ i thought you’d like some company. ❜
❛ clean yourself up. you're getting blood all over the place. ❜
❛ here, give this a try and tell me what you think. ❜
❛ you can kiss me, you know. ❜
❛ come back to bed. ❜
❛ you look good like this. ❜
❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜
❛ how is it you always know what i need, huh? ❜
❛ you’re lucky you got away with only a scratch. ❜
❛ i can’t imagine losing someone like that. i’m sorry. ❜
❛ you know you can always talk to me. ❜
❛ the only one who gets to kill you, is me. ❜
❛ so, what do i owe this pleasure? ❜
❛ ah, so you aren’t heartless after all. ❜
❛ may i have this dance? ❜
❛ it’s okay, you can touch me. i won't break. ❜
❛ enemies make the best lovers, you know. ❜
❛ hold still. this might sting a little. ❜
❛ we can't keep doing this. ❜
❛ you look like you've got something to say. ❜
❛ just relax and let me take care of you. ❜
❛ thought you’d be lighter without all that blood. ❜
❛ i had it under control. you didn’t need to do that. ❜
❛ everything looks so beautiful from up here. ❜
❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜
❛ well? how do i look? ❜
❛ can’t sleep? ❜
❛ do you mind if i smoke? ❜
❛ i’m scared of ending up alone. ❜
❛ i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile. ❜
❛ how long has it been since you've slept? ❜
❛ you are losing my interest, and that’s very dangerous. ❜
❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜
❛ you look really pretty right now. ❜
❛ i’ve never cared for anyone the way i care for you. ❜
❛ i’m not wearing any underwear. thought you’d like to know. ❜
❛ just a few more stitches and you’ll be as good as new. ❜
❛ i’d say we make a pretty good team. ❜
❛ i want you to forget this ever happened. ❜
❛ i'm here for business — not pleasure. ❜
❛ if i didn't know any better, i'd say you were jealous. ❜
❛ you'd look better down on your knees. ❜
❛ fine, keep acting like you hate me. ❜
❛ kiss me again. ❜
❛ are you asking me out on a date? ❜
❛ just sit there and look pretty and let me handle this. ❜
❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜
❛ well, i do feel better now that you're here. ❜
❛ i'm not drunk enough for this. ❜
❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜
❛ i was wrong about you. ❜
❛ the first time i met you, i had no idea you'd mean this much. ❜
❛ you gonna be a good girl / boy for me? ❜
❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜
❛ books mean more to me than people anyway. ❜
❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜
❛ how about a kiss goodnight? ❜
❛ i don’t have time for distractions right now. ❜
❛ you shouldn’t be out here by yourself. ❜
❛ if i have to think about one more thing today, my head will explode. ❜
SOFT REBOOT PLOTTING CALL!
Since I am returning, hit the heart to plot. I'm going to generally be starting over with interactions outside of pre-established ships (which I have like...two of those active on this blog currently). I'm not wiping the slate clean but I most definitely cannot pick up old threads.
For post-DDBA s2: Karen and Matt were just friends, and...she's now trying to find her place in a post-Fisk NYC (honestly? she's probably at Murdock & McDuffie helping do PI stuff since Cherry's health is...y'know, not the best).
SEND ME A SYMBOL(S) FOR WHAT YOU’RE INTERESTED IN people struggle with plotting so i figured making it into an askbox thing could help!
DYNAMICS: ✭ friends to lovers ★ rivals to lovers ✦ enemies to lovers ♡ found family ♣ rivals ❦ reluctant allies ❖ platonic ☢ slowburn ➤ love at first sight π partners in crime SITUATIONS ☁ one muse saves the other’s life ☼ one muse (or both) is a single parent ❆ our muses get shut in due to a storm ☤ one muse having to patch the other up ❦ put together through a common goal ⎔ one muse asking the other to stay the night ϟ our muses work together ♁ our muses are neighbors ➽ one muse doesn’t have anyone else to turn to SETTINGS ✚ crossover between our fandoms ☽ sender’s verse in receivers fandom ☾ receivers verse in sender’s fandom ☯ alternate universe / separate fandom than both muses are in
ODDLY SPECIFIC ⌲ one muse is supposed to kill/hurt the other but falls for them instead ✖ our muses work together and there’s a lot of tension and maybe we do the only one bed plot idk ＋ reporter/vigilante dynamic ∇ nurse/vigilante dynamic ✿ innocent muse/morally grey dangerous muse ❥ asshole/the one person they’re nice to ♛ bodyguard/person they’re protecting ◐ arranged marriage/match ◎ fake dating ¶ roommate AU ۞ one night stand turns into many and now we’re just kinda not sure what we are ❁ friends with benefits maybe some pining © unrequited love except it isn’t unrequited ✡ unrequited love and it’s actually unrequited ♖ i dated you to get back at someone in my life but i’m developing real feelings oh no ♮one night stand only to later learn we’re gonna be in some sort of setting together (professor/student, co-workers, etc) ✏ we used to date and something didn’t work out but now you’re here and i’m still in love
𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 (a collection of texts prompts. Some have romantic undertones, but not all of them. Feel free to adjust phrasing and gendered terms as necessary) TW: food & alcohol mention
[TEXT] - please just call me back.
[TEXT] - i’m sorry.
[TEXT] - so this is my number, but don’t save my name as anything sketchy.
[TEXT] - i’m making dinner tonight, you should come over.
[TEXT] - WHERE ARE YOU????
[TEXT] - you’re LATE.
[TEXT] - can we talk?
[TEXT] - how did it go?
[TEXT] - you’re gonna laugh, but can you pick me up at the police station?
[TEXT] - thinking about you…
[TEXT] - i miss you so much.
[TEXT] - i have an idea, probably gonna get us in trouble though.
[TEXT] - i know you’re awake! pick up the phone!
[TEXT] - so you’re just gonna ignore me forever?
[TEXT] - i’m at taco bell you want anything?
[TEXT] - are you awake?
[TEXT] - i have good news and bad news.
[TEXT] - how are you?
[TEXT] - new phone, who is this?
[TEXT] - wanna come over?
[TEXT] - what’s wrong with you?!
[TEXT] - you only call me when you’re drunk.
[TEXT] - me, you, a bad movie. you in?
[TEXT] - wanna bang? [TEXT] - hang* [TEXT] - whatever
[TEXT] - i’ll seduce you with cool scientific facts.
[TEXT] - are you still alive?
[TEXT] - we are sophisticated adults ok? [TEXT] - last week i purchased a vegetable
[TEXT] - i will not hesitate to strangle you
[TEXT] - what are you doing this weekend?
[TEXT] - can i come over? [TEXT] - because i’m in your driveway.
[TEXT] - are you seriously leaving me on read right now?
SOFT REBOOT PLOTTING CALL!
Since I am returning, hit the heart to plot. I'm going to generally be starting over with interactions outside of pre-established ships (which I have like...two of those active on this blog currently). I'm not wiping the slate clean but I most definitely cannot pick up old threads.
For post-DDBA s2: Karen and Matt were just friends, and...she's now trying to find her place in a post-Fisk NYC (honestly? she's probably at Murdock & McDuffie helping do PI stuff since Cherry's health is...y'know, not the best).
Yeah, so…if I write post-s2 of DDBA, the Karen/Matt relationship will not have existed, just so everyone knows.
𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 !
do you want a certain kind of ship with my muse ? check out the key below & send me a symbol to tell me what kind of ship you want ! note : my muse = blog owner’s muse / your muse = sender’s muses
romantic relationships !
💘 friends to lovers ❣️ enemies to lovers 💜 love at first sight 💙 slow burn 💚 skinny love 💔 exes to lovers again 🖤 on again , off again
familial relationships !
🌼 older sibling 🌺 younger sibling 👭 twins 🌻 friends like siblings 🍃 cousins 🌵 parental
friend relationships !
☀️ best friends 🌦 enemies to friends 🌈 friends since childhood ⛅️ friends of circumstance ☁️ school friends 🌩 friends from traumatic experiences
enemy relationships !
🔪 friends to enemies 💣 stole something from my muse 🔦 stole something from your muse 🗡 bullied my muse 🔫 bullied your muse ⚔️ family feud 🛠 fueds between mutual friends ❌ guilty by association
greenhorns, clumsy hands and stiff shots, roman's entertained them for decades. the implication he'd give time to one more ? karen ought've seen the snort before it came. caught eyes in the process of rolling. a veto without words, his time better spent accommodating that tug closer. slotted between long legs, it's an comfortable place to linger. stand at attention for affection that's brief, but warm. fleeting if he looked at it the wrong way, so he doesn't. leans forward.. she'll see his pulse when it emerges, there, at his temple. frustrated past a point of contention.
" so you still playin' this game, " it's a predator's growl, tucked behind his tonsils, crept upward to hit the backs of teeth that don't part. roman doesn't bare them either, though there's a lapse where he considers it. let her see how much the news needled. nagged at old, ugly arguments with raised voices and threats to end her career. under the weight of gold, he'd said it all so easily. barked with bass. here ? all he sits beneath is her blue, blue eyes and the gentle graze of deceptively delicate fingers.
and he could be delicate too if he tried. forget the reason his hands gripped the edge of the counter in the first place and started wringing. an outlet that didn't leave marks save what were haphazardly accepted by himself.
" it sure as shit is not gonna be steven, " after a few calls, that was long-determined. " and you're here tellin' me i gotta pretend like i don't wanna loose some fool's teeth cause they think they can roll up and fill your shoes.. " observed, he's rambling. speaks beneath his breath, towards some imaginary foe over his shoulder. because looking at her, now ? in the dim light of the kitchen, he knew she'd look as disappointed as those flowers, wilted and slumped out of their vase beside them. roman's last apology, preceding him by two weeks.
" you're still pissed, " an eventual conclusion, he's shaking his head and leaning back. front and center, karen's exhaustion has deeper roots. heavier than the bags that sag under her stare, shallow and stalwart. " you're pissed an' you ain't comin' around cause'a what i said. " undermined her work. kicked her out of arena after arena after arena.. " you want me to say i'm sorry ? i gotta beg ? "
The precipice of an argument was always there, always teetered upon, and Karen often hedged bets with herself about what comment or phrase would set him over the edge. She knew her remark would garner an argument; it had garnered far too many up to now, phones clutched tightly in hands, heated words exchanged over distances that allowed neither to fully confront the reality of this.
"Roman." The name was an utterance of gentility, that usually sharp gaze leveled upon him in the weakest attempt at placating the rage that simmered beneath the surface. She watched as he considered, weighed, as the weight of his own choices and life weighed down so heavily upon him she wondered if he'd even had a decent night of sleep since their last tiff. As his foregone conclusion was uttered, she let out an audible sigh, gaze falling away from him.
"I haven't been mad at you in a long time." Acceptance was all she had anymore. Just acceptance of what was before her, what was between them, that nothing might ever change.
(And that hurt the most, the creeping doubt that settled between ribs late at night as she remembered another time much like this, the doubt living on then as well, but he wasn't like him...right?)
A moment of hesitation existed between them, Karen considering closing the divide, and when she reached out, it was to grasp at one hand, to tug at him to return closer to her. "No need to beg. No need to say sorry." Because it wouldn't change a thing.
