week 13

[baptizer]

[ What do you do when the boy you have pretty clear feelings for is hurt and in her opinion, vulnerable? They came together out of annoyance and Mistakes, but - look, it's clear Elizabeth cares... She can't hide it, even if they tried. Maybe she's naive, maybe she feels too strongly too soon but she's from 1912 - do you blame her? She made friends here - connections that she romanticizes... some more valid than other. Liz was not without her own problematic behavior.

Jason didn't deserve this. No one did. There was only one thing to do this far: keep moving forward. But... they're allowed to mourn and grieve. Elizabeth takes a few hours after their last little meeting with the group to message Jason privately. ]

Jason? Are you feeling any better?
You better have changed your bandage after all of that defensiveness.

Comments

[antagonize]

"Far too old" is pretty subjective, isn't it? Think positive. You were the one preaching about it a couple hours ago.

[... Implying his alt-universe self would go for a 70-year-old... friend? Companion? Girlfriend? Whatever. He's not going to try and define whatever the hell this is. It's just a thing.

That said—

...

It takes him a while to respond. Normally, he would make a joke. Tell her he would look for her in the museums, if anywhere, propped up among all the fossils. But. Cot dammit, Elizabeth.]

What do you want me to say, then? That I'll miss you? That I'm glad you didn't die as soon as you could have? Kind of sappy, don't you think?

[And, uh. True.]

[baptizer]

You're right.

[ Defining it in a place where they really... kind of let emotions and things happen wasn't right. Elizabeth was from a different time where the only other person she's ever met on a positive note knew her for days at most. Fate? She preaches it, but won't really comment on it now. ]

I'm not making this into a chorish endeavour, I've pulled enough teeth to get you to take care of yourself better, don't you think?

I want you to say what you want - no matter how eloquent or short as it may be.

[ She reads between the lines and smiles a bit, she knows what he means. ]