Still looking away, Jack purses his lips, and then takes a pull of smoke.
And one more.
His free hand comes up to rub at his nose, scrub over his jaw, still gingerly.
I don't want to say goodbye
"Yeah," he says, finally. "Reckon there is."
When he looks up, it's into hazel eyes and a shy sort of smile and for a second he almost sinks under the weight of his own anger and hurt, and then he nods, curtly.
"Reckon maybe there's a few things I oughta see to--one more place I wanta get to, 'fore I head anywhere else. 'f your sister don't mind."
It's a funny thing, Desire. Sometimes it makes you make all kinda crazy decisions, sometimes makes you go where you know you'd better not, sometimes makes you think things you know you shouldn't.
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Date: 2006-08-15 04:27 am (UTC)And one more.
His free hand comes up to rub at his nose, scrub over his jaw, still gingerly.
"Yeah," he says, finally. "Reckon there is."
When he looks up, it's into hazel eyes and a shy sort of smile and for a second he almost sinks under the weight of his own anger and hurt, and then he nods, curtly.
"Reckon maybe there's a few things I oughta see to--one more place I wanta get to, 'fore I head anywhere else. 'f your sister don't mind."
It's a funny thing, Desire. Sometimes it makes you make all kinda crazy decisions, sometimes makes you go where you know you'd better not, sometimes makes you think things you know you shouldn't.
And sometimes it's fucking hard to quit.