Her pride hurt.
Also, her feelings.
But it was a lot easier to focus on the pride. Because if she thought about one more person thinking her the unstable lunatic, the raving moron, not believing her when she said things just because it didn't fit with what they'd assumed she was, she'd--
Well.
Her pride hurt.
Definitely just because she'd had to embarrass herself to get loosened, and because he didn't believe what she was capable of, like no one believed what she was capable of. Just because she was so sick of not being taken seriously. No other reasons. No pang of genuine hurt, no burning sensation in the back of her throat. She clenched her teeth briefly to gain some semblance of control over herself.
Her. Pride. Hurt.
That was it.
And she was stiff, for as much as it had been an excuse. Her legs felt weird and she was very aware of being uncomfortably wet. Kind of disgustingly wet, now that she was feeling this upset, er... pride-injured. Angry. Yes, angry. She was feeling angry.
She paused after he unbuckled her her arms, rubbing at her wrists. "Why bother?" she said, a bit surprised by the genuine bitterness in her voice. She thought she'd settled on angry, goddamnit. "Heads, you won't believe me. Tails, you will and I'll get in more trouble because it's 'bad.' It's not like it matters now." It all went up in flame. Her whole fucking life went up in flame, as literally as anyone else who'd been caught in that goddamn fireball.
The look in her eye was the only warning he'd get, shifting from bitterness into the anger she decided she was feeling. "I think your sample size is a little small to be drawing the conclusions you are," she said, right before she grabbed the side of his shirt, using it to yank herself up off the table and under his arm. There weren't really any places he couldn't reach her in a room this small.
Except, she was very small, and he was very big.
So maybe there was one place.
He was leaning over, still, which made it perfect, she gripped his shirt in another place, almost tearing it with the force with which she dug her nails in. Right by the back of his shoulder blades, then the other hand as well. Her legs she tucked up in as far as she could before resting them against his belt for leverage.
She was clinging to his back, a tiny little very hard to reach ball. She gave a nice, hopefully painful kick to his spine for good measure.
"This," she hissed. "Is me being a bitch for the fun of it."
Also, her feelings.
But it was a lot easier to focus on the pride. Because if she thought about one more person thinking her the unstable lunatic, the raving moron, not believing her when she said things just because it didn't fit with what they'd assumed she was, she'd--
Well.
Her pride hurt.
Definitely just because she'd had to embarrass herself to get loosened, and because he didn't believe what she was capable of, like no one believed what she was capable of. Just because she was so sick of not being taken seriously. No other reasons. No pang of genuine hurt, no burning sensation in the back of her throat. She clenched her teeth briefly to gain some semblance of control over herself.
Her. Pride. Hurt.
That was it.
And she was stiff, for as much as it had been an excuse. Her legs felt weird and she was very aware of being uncomfortably wet. Kind of disgustingly wet, now that she was feeling this upset, er... pride-injured. Angry. Yes, angry. She was feeling angry.
She paused after he unbuckled her her arms, rubbing at her wrists. "Why bother?" she said, a bit surprised by the genuine bitterness in her voice. She thought she'd settled on angry, goddamnit. "Heads, you won't believe me. Tails, you will and I'll get in more trouble because it's 'bad.' It's not like it matters now." It all went up in flame. Her whole fucking life went up in flame, as literally as anyone else who'd been caught in that goddamn fireball.
The look in her eye was the only warning he'd get, shifting from bitterness into the anger she decided she was feeling. "I think your sample size is a little small to be drawing the conclusions you are," she said, right before she grabbed the side of his shirt, using it to yank herself up off the table and under his arm. There weren't really any places he couldn't reach her in a room this small.
Except, she was very small, and he was very big.
So maybe there was one place.
He was leaning over, still, which made it perfect, she gripped his shirt in another place, almost tearing it with the force with which she dug her nails in. Right by the back of his shoulder blades, then the other hand as well. Her legs she tucked up in as far as she could before resting them against his belt for leverage.
She was clinging to his back, a tiny little very hard to reach ball. She gave a nice, hopefully painful kick to his spine for good measure.
"This," she hissed. "Is me being a bitch for the fun of it."
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