[ She flinches as Beckett lashes out and - bizarrely - feels guilty for it. She should know that he'd never hurt her. Then again, she'd thought that about Jack, and --
-- and she's waking up in the bunker after her surgery, touching the freshly-shaved area on the side of her head, and she's bursting into tears.
-- and she's crying out as Jack activates her shock collar, curling into herself against the pain and the indignity of it.
-- and she's looking at Jack in Rhys' body, not believing what's happening even as he lashes out at her face with a stolen hand. ]
Of course I love you! You know I do! You have that. You have me.
[ Which feels like a pretty crappy thing to have right now, but whatever. She doesn't shy away from the slower movement, at least. If he wants to touch her, he can - danger or decay be damned. ]
drops a separate cw for *physical* parental abuse just in case uhhh
-- and she's waking up in the bunker after her surgery, touching the freshly-shaved area on the side of her head, and she's bursting into tears.
-- and she's crying out as Jack activates her shock collar, curling into herself against the pain and the indignity of it.
-- and she's looking at Jack in Rhys' body, not believing what's happening even as he lashes out at her face with a stolen hand. ]
Of course I love you! You know I do! You have that. You have me.
[ Which feels like a pretty crappy thing to have right now, but whatever. She doesn't shy away from the slower movement, at least. If he wants to touch her, he can - danger or decay be damned. ]
If I could help you by trading places, I would.