I don't know if you're going to do all of your prompts anyways but I'd really like to read something with "Stay" or "Don't you dare!" 😊
Thanks so much! :D Yep these are for asks! I’ll give you a blurb to go with “Stay” >:D
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She couldn't quite remember how to breathe. It got about halfway, or maybe not even that. And just, stopped. Bated while her heart clenched. The world spun in a fixed position, but somehow she'd been thrown free and cast wildly into space.
He needed to shave. Ginger was coming in around his jaw and scalp. The damn shades were still on. So she couldn’t tell if he was awake. Bastard probably did that on purpose. He hadn’t moved or spoken any greeting, even when she’d called his name aloud.
Nora wouldn’t cry. Not this time. A hand started to reach out, but when she saw the broken nails and tattered polish, she stopped. There was no point. Silence was an offering and a judgement in one. Time to give up and be the fool. Let her pride burn like hot coals out of sight. See, asshole, I can do it, too.
On the gurney he looked so impossibly frail. Deacon could hide a lot of things. But there was no disguising such a state. Only feigning ignorance. They pretended to be ignorant a lot these days. Maybe they’d pretend about some things for the rest of their lives. And maybe it was better that way.
Turning to leave, Nora’s jaw clenched. Don’t ever look back.
“Firefly.”
Quiet enough to pretend not to hear, and leave him behind her. But she hesitated at the door.
“Stay.” -----
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