AMPRETTEE;
“ says the girl named after a fruit. ”
she speaks without malice or spite, her nervousness still lingering slightly, but there is an EDGE to bambi’s softly-uttered retort that might suggest a hidden ferociousness to the girl. a wolf in sheep’s clothing, perhaps, or more simply, a woman who wore a suit of armour that was invisible to the naked eye– regardless, the comment of no ill intent is spoken with a smile and a quiet, uncertain laugh, playful and cheeky. it said, ‘i don’t mean anything by it, baby. just pulling your leg’.
the blonde was midway through relighting her cigarette when the abruptness of the question steals her focus, and brings her gaze down to where her prosthetic stood firm and strong beneath the joint of her knee. she hums, reaching down to rub where plastic met flesh and flesh became scar tissue, easing the unavoidable aching of her bones in the process.
“ the alternative is acting like it isn’t there at all. ” she lightly observes, glancing up at the young saint as she speaks in an attempt to gauge her reaction, expression then softening as she says, “ i’m sorry– i hope i didn’t make you feel uncomfortable. ”
cherry snorts, the sound almost showing her amusement better than a laugh ever would. she glances at the shorter blonde, and looks her up and down without a stutter in the motion, as if trying to figure out if the comment had actually managed to come out of this pretty, if not a little bit broken looking, working girl. after a moment, cherry purses her lips and offers an accepting little nod. “yeah, yeah, alright. you got me there,” she jokes, smoothly “but i ain’t a hooker, i’mma saint. so it don’t really matter if my name is sexy.” after all, being a saint meant that anyone who thought her name wasn’t sexy was more likely to get a bullet in their skull or a knife in their throat than anything else, though cherry won’t be the one to point that out. “you, on the other hand.. well, bein’ sexy’s sorta your job.” honestly, maybe this is a little rude... but cherry doesn’t seem to notice, or even consider the possibility of this. there’s no judgement coming from the woman.. perhaps no real understanding, either, but no judgement. just all in good fun. the attempt of bambi to gauge cherry’s reaction goes unnoticed, but it also goes rather unsuccessful, as the darker haired woman doesn’t seem to show anything at all in those moments aside from slight curiosity, her surprise at the woman’s joke having vanished as quickly as it had come. eventually, she shrugs. “nah, that’s okay,” cherry assures, “you probably know better than me anyway, huh, baby?” what can she say? the boss isn’t the only one with a soft spot for small, pretty blondes.



















