ghostthatlingers | Sanctum IC Contact

The hell were you thinking, Tex?

I think it's obvious I wasn't.

How'd your bf take it?

Upset, but he's forgiven it. Or says he has, anyway.

That's....good?

Yeah. I think so. [At least until the other shoe dropped and shit fell to pieces. It had almost seemed all too easy to deal with, though she hopes it stays that way.]

What about you? I can't imagine Whiskey left it without ranting to you about everything.

Why don't you tell me what everything is? [Leo didn't seem all that rational about it, which was...unusual for him. So he's waiting for both sides here.]

All I did was try to make sure that asshole was taking care of you and he tried to act like he understood my shit and then got himself involved in it.

[...yep, so much for Tex being rational about it either.]

You asked him if he was taking care of me?

In a way.

[So, not really. But close enough.]

I wasn't trying to cause trouble for either of you, okay? Something felt off about his whole... pie bullshit.

[That's code for 'No. No I didn't ask. I said it in some aggressive way that he took defensively.']

There was a lot of stuff off. Were you feeling weird at all?

A little, maybe. Were you?

Definitely. I...thought some stuff I don't think I would have thought normally.

That makes two of us. [And it's almost comforting to know that.]

I'm not going to harass your boyfriend if that's what you're worried about. I do have to work with him.

Really? You really think that's what I'm worried about?

More concerned you broke your silence with him to talk to him at all. Didn't seem like you.

I don't know why I did it. It felt like something that needed to be done at the time and then it blew up.

I didn't expect Church to get himself involved in it.

Yeah, well maybe best we all forget about it then, huh?

Yeah, fine.

[It wasn't her finest moment and having to face Church after that hadn't made it a memory to cherish. Even with that coming out, nothing ultimately changed. Whiskey still pissed her off and she was with Church, for better or worse.

She lets that text hang for a few minutes before sending another, a question she has no business asking, but she wants to know the answer to.]

You're happy with him?

You asking because you care or because you're interested in when to book seats to the crash and burn?

Ha ha. Funny. Because I care, asshole.

Maybe.

He maybe makes you happy? Do I need to kick his ass until that becomes a yes?

Nah, it's not like that.

You ever been happy, Tex?

Sometimes. I try not to smile too much, it sets my platoon on edge.

You?

Not sure. Maybe.

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