Status: i'm abroad right now, so it'll be difficult to upload chapters - i'm still writing them though :')

Crossroads

He leant back in the metal chair, jagged fingernails tapping out an absent-minded tune against the tabletop. Feigning nonchalance. She hated how intimidating he was, even without all that ghastly makeup.

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Okay."

She shifted in the chair opposite him, crossing her arms over her chest. Uncertain, yet blindly defensive, as always. She knew she was going to regret what she said next.

"...that's all?"

He glowered up at her from a stringy mane of dirty-blonde hair, dark eyes burning into hers.

"What else is there?"

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