[ Athena answers too quickly, speaking for them both, not wanting to give Jeff a chance to say something different. She doesn't think he will, not really, does she? She doesn't, she knows him too well.
Nicky whispers in her ear: ] Out of sight, out of mind.
[ Michael: ] You two are fucking perfect for each other.
[ Then a new voice, a musical alto. A voice that Athena loved to listen to, loved hearing say her name. ] They're being dicks about it, lover, but they're right. Just come with us.
[ Robbie, tugging at the knot on her bandana. Thick curls springing outward beyond it. That little scar on her lower lip, that little hole from the eyebrow piercing she stopped wearing, the only marks on perfect brown skin. She smiles at Athena, eyes sad. ]
no subject
[ Athena answers too quickly, speaking for them both, not wanting to give Jeff a chance to say something different. She doesn't think he will, not really, does she? She doesn't, she knows him too well.
Nicky whispers in her ear: ] Out of sight, out of mind.
[ Michael: ] You two are fucking perfect for each other.
[ Then a new voice, a musical alto. A voice that Athena loved to listen to, loved hearing say her name. ] They're being dicks about it, lover, but they're right. Just come with us.
[ Robbie, tugging at the knot on her bandana. Thick curls springing outward beyond it. That little scar on her lower lip, that little hole from the eyebrow piercing she stopped wearing, the only marks on perfect brown skin. She smiles at Athena, eyes sad. ]
I miss you.
[ Athena can barely speak. ] I miss you too.