wishing-to-be-blue-like-daddy:
The way the girl’s expression changed from startled to pitiful just left Jack even more determined to find out what was going on. “M-maybe I would,” he said. “Strange things happen a lot in this city.” He gave her a gentle smile. “Try me.”
I dunno if this counts as strange… The only people in the entire city who could turn her from the strong, fists-in-your-face woman to the little girl who used to jump onto her father’s back for hugs was her parent’s. Even if he wasn’t, technically, her father, he still had the same power over her.
Placing a palm over her eyes to hide her embarrassment and not wishing to see his reaction, she finally dared out with the truth.
“Fine…I’m…your daughter from the future…” she whispered, biting down on her bottom lip afterward.
That was … actually, that was just what he’d been wondering, in the back of his mind. Jack had pushed the thought back even before he was really aware of it, trying to assume that if Gail did have a connection to his family, it was through some form of dimensional weirdness. But now, as he looked at the young woman again, he realized why she’d seemed familiar.
She looked like Katelynn.
Like Katelynn, except for the same green eyes and elfin ears he saw in the mirror every day.
“… Oh my god.”
Jack Maple 