He stopped advancing, but she kept seeking ways to back up, desperate for more distance between them. More desperate still when he spoke, and her heart stopped in her chest entirely.
Fuck.
This was probably what being struck by an avalanche felt like, as she was simultaneously struck by a very uncomfortably vivid flashback and all the confusing emotions attached to it. "Répétez, s'il vous plaît: merci, monsieur." Cane on her chin tilting her face upwards until her eyes met palest blue. Humiliation and anger and a lot of things she had been working very hard on not processing for four years.
And on top of that, fear. Pure, mortal terror.
Because she'd fucked up.
"Mr... Lestrange," she repeated numbly, fully aware he'd never given her his name. But... He'd never given it to her the first time, either! She'd gotten it from a friend. Salvation? "Am I saying it wrong?" she said, forcing a smile as best she could under the circumstances. Even she could tell it felt fake. "If so, I fully blame the friend who gave it to me."
Fuck.
This was probably what being struck by an avalanche felt like, as she was simultaneously struck by a very uncomfortably vivid flashback and all the confusing emotions attached to it. "Répétez, s'il vous plaît: merci, monsieur." Cane on her chin tilting her face upwards until her eyes met palest blue. Humiliation and anger and a lot of things she had been working very hard on not processing for four years.
And on top of that, fear. Pure, mortal terror.
Because she'd fucked up.
"Mr... Lestrange," she repeated numbly, fully aware he'd never given her his name. But... He'd never given it to her the first time, either! She'd gotten it from a friend. Salvation? "Am I saying it wrong?" she said, forcing a smile as best she could under the circumstances. Even she could tell it felt fake. "If so, I fully blame the friend who gave it to me."
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