Summary: Constance froze. She had only ever heard Ocean apologize once before. Well, she’d apologized plenty. Quick little “I’m sorries” and “my bads” had fallen from her time and time again. The only time she’d really seemed to mean it was when Constance was standing there, hair falling wildly around her, her body still on a sugar rush from getting to belt her heart out into that warehouse. When she’d turned to look at Ocean, unsure of how to ever proceed because things weren’t okay, but they didn’t have enough time to process it. That’s when Ocean had grabbed her hand and whispered, barely audibly, “I’m sorry.” That was all it took for Constance to take both her hands and squeeze them tight. Ocean repeated herself, loud enough for only the two and any god to hear. “I’m sorry.” Sure, Constance deserved a better apology, but Ocean had been so genuine that she gave it up for good. There was no use holding any hard feelings. Even now, alive and set up to recover, she couldn’t stay furious and bitter.