( She thinks Paul sounds shady as hell, honestly, but this isn't the moment for that. There's a quiet pause, and Sarissa gently traces her fingertips over Sarah's knuckles. Whatever decision you come to now, it won't be an awful thing, she wants to say, but it seems like it'd just be opening up a can of worms Sarah maybe needs a break from, for now. )
When I was in high school I dated this guy - it didn't last long, we didn't fit right and we were idiot seventeen year olds, but he tried to burn down part of the school. I was following after him and undoing the shit he kept starting, 'cause if the fire got outta hand it would have risked a colony of endangered parrots near town.
( Her smile is quietly self-mocking. ) Monstrous exes. I know all about 'em.
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( She thinks Paul sounds shady as hell, honestly, but this isn't the moment for that. There's a quiet pause, and Sarissa gently traces her fingertips over Sarah's knuckles. Whatever decision you come to now, it won't be an awful thing, she wants to say, but it seems like it'd just be opening up a can of worms Sarah maybe needs a break from, for now. )
When I was in high school I dated this guy - it didn't last long, we didn't fit right and we were idiot seventeen year olds, but he tried to burn down part of the school. I was following after him and undoing the shit he kept starting, 'cause if the fire got outta hand it would have risked a colony of endangered parrots near town.
( Her smile is quietly self-mocking. ) Monstrous exes. I know all about 'em.