romanstorm ––––– jason ; all i want is the best for you in this broken world.
jason doesn’t feel like the best thing to come out of that house. in fact, he kind of feels like he’s just proving those kids–and all their nasty rumours about their mother–right. what’s worse is, he knows it’ll only reflect badly on thalia. a woman who is doing her absolute best to raise him right, at a great cost to herself, and he just… he doesn’t know how to say sorry for all this. he vows to try harder in the future, but like hell is he ever going to let someone talk badly about his family again. jason hadn’t been raised to allow ignorance to win, after all. thalia certainly wouldn’t.
`i’m really sorry, thalia.` he repeats, keeping a tight grip on her hand. `i’m sorry you got–called in like that. sorry you had to deal with lupa again. but i–` deep breath in, time to stand your ground. `–i’m not sorry for punching him. he DESERVED it. he deserved it the way you and bianca didn’t deserve the shit he was saying…` should he tell her? should jason admit that the comments about beryl had been your sister’s as big a nutcase as your mom? no. no–he can’t do that. thinking about it makes him too angry, and it would only HURT her.
`…a-are you gonna tell bianca?` jason adds, nervously.
her head ducks, staring pointedly at the ground. his answer is all too familiar––––––wasn’t it only a few years ago that she herself was proclaiming the same things? only....jason wasn’t dragged home to be face to face with a drunk monster. a chill ran down her spine at the thought. no, she’d be a better mother than that woman could ever be. that was the promise she’d made on the day she’d turned eighteen, fleeing that hollow home with jason in tow. she only thanks the gods that he was too young to remember the custody battle.
❛ jason.... ❜ what was she supposed to say? that she couldn’t allow this? she wouldn’t be a hypocrite. standing up for yourself was all too important in this world. ❛ i’m not saying he didn’t. but maybe don’t punch him on school grounds, huh, kiddo? ❜ she shouldn’t be insinuating that he should continue this violent streak. but, maybe bianca would be better at that. ❛ you know i am. you may have gotten off from suspension, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. ❜ rather reluctantly, thalia let go of jason’s hand, unlocking the car. ❛ let’s head home. i got the rest of the day off, so you’ll help me prepare dinner and clean up around the house. then we’ll talk about your punishment. i can tell you right now–––––you’re grounded. one week. ❜ the words sting her tongue. i still love you. please, please believe that. i’ll love you till the end of the world and even after. but i won’t let you turn out like me.













