“Like we knew each other all our lives, just… just waiting to meet and when it did things just made sense.” Jack admits, looking her over, before he smiled and kissed the top of her head. “N-no more tears, Katelynn. We’re together. We have each other. That… that’s all I need.”
She nodded, holding onto him tightly, no longer wondering if it was best to leave him. She didn’t dare, didn’t want to. They would look for an apartment together, they would live together and be happy to be together. Love was all they needed. Love and happiness.
“It’s all I need too..” she whispered to him, closing her eyes in happiness as a smile spread across her face.
Together was how they would face things. Forever.
Tag: Bruise
Bruise
“It’s. It’s only for now.” he said gently. “Okay? We can be ourselves in our apartment, that’s what matters most isn’t it? That I get to see you, as you are, fall asleep next to y-you and wake up next to you, cook with you and… and all that sort of thing.” Jack said quietly. “I know we’re going fast, r-really but… It doesn’t feel wrong to me. Does it feel wrong for you…?”
“I thought it would..somehow..” she admitted softly, still nuzzled up to him. “I mean..are people supposed to go this fast? It’s only been a month. Yet..it also feels right..you know? Like we fit and this is natural..and I do want to live with you..I do..because I always missed you when you weren’t around, hating having to see you leave out my apartment door..”
“Like we knew each other all our lives, just… just waiting to meet and when it did things just made sense.” Jack admits, looking her over, before he smiled and kissed the top of her head. “N-no more tears, Katelynn. We’re together. We have each other. That… that’s all I need.”
Bruise
“When? W… well we can look now…? The internet has all kinds of places listed…” he said quietly, rubbing her back gently, feeling her hair spill over his hands as he did. “Just for an idea, or, or actual look. I’m happy to do either…”
If it meant getting away from where they knew where they lived… but he didn’t want to spend his entire life running. But the kidnapping and the assaults, they weren’t safe. He’d have to make a claim to the police.
“I think..” she began, thinking it over, “moving as soon as possible is best..so they can’t find us..we can wear the watches when we move. I have extra ones we can wear..ones that Miss Megamind gave me. It’ll throw them off..and then we can be happy in our new apartment and wear the watches when we go out and just pretend we’re a couple living in a new apartment.”
Even if the idea of having to hide and always wear the watches when out and about scared her. To have to hide…
“I’m sorry we have to hide like this..”
“It’s. It’s only for now.” he said gently. “Okay? We can be ourselves in our apartment, that’s what matters most isn’t it? That I get to see you, as you are, fall asleep next to y-you and wake up next to you, cook with you and… and all that sort of thing.” Jack said quietly. “I know we’re going fast, r-really but… It doesn’t feel wrong to me. Does it feel wrong for you…?”
Bruise
“Thank you. And I love you, Katelynn…” is all he can say as he holds her because there’s nothing else he can ever say to her to tell her how grateful he was to know her, to hold her, to love her and watch over her as best he can. He doesn’t want to think how life would be like without her in it, without knowing her smile, or her laugh. That’s what mattered to him most, more than their kissing, even if that meant a lot to him as well.
It was just a means to show her how much he adored her. And making love, my God. There was nothing more meaningful then that. Even with her past, clouded and stained by that other man, she knew he would never judge her for that, or hate her. He was what she knew now. And she was all he knew.
That’s the way he wanted it to stay.
She held onto him a bit longer, taking in his strength and love, thinking how much she wanted to be with him, forever. And that made her remember something.
“A-About moving in together..w-when do you want to begin looking for an apartment..?”
The thought a cute little space, one that was more than just a studio apartment began to excite her.
“When? W… well we can look now…? The internet has all kinds of places listed…” he said quietly, rubbing her back gently, feeling her hair spill over his hands as he did. “Just for an idea, or, or actual look. I’m happy to do either…”
If it meant getting away from where they knew where they lived… but he didn’t want to spend his entire life running. But the kidnapping and the assaults, they weren’t safe. He’d have to make a claim to the police.
Bruise
“It is enough Katelynn because you are what I need, what I want, what is enough.” he said quietly, brushing her face with his hands, wiping her tears before they fall too far down her cheeks. “Katelynn please… I love you, I love you so much… don’t e-ever be sorry for being you or doing what you do. Life, life is to make mistakes to learn from them… th-that’s how it works, isn’t it?”
He pulls her into his arms again, holding her close, trying to say so much in the simple gesture. “Th-that’s how life is… mistakes, but you pick y-yourself up like I did, a-and you move on…”
“S-Seems you’re the one..giving me strength now..” she whispered, nuzzling into him, all previous thoughts of running away banishing from her mind. She had done nothing but that her entire life, always running when things got tough and now she had almost done it again, running from love and thinking that was best if it meant his safety.
She had thought it was weak to stay, to always want to be with him and put him in danger but it was the complete opposite and she was slowly beginning to see that.
Mistakes..love was never a mistake. She had made plenty of mistakes in the past but love wasn’t one of them.
“Thank you Jack..”
“Thank you. And I love you, Katelynn…” is all he can say as he holds her because there’s nothing else he can ever say to her to tell her how grateful he was to know her, to hold her, to love her and watch over her as best he can. He doesn’t want to think how life would be like without her in it, without knowing her smile, or her laugh. That’s what mattered to him most, more than their kissing, even if that meant a lot to him as well.
It was just a means to show her how much he adored her. And making love, my God. There was nothing more meaningful then that. Even with her past, clouded and stained by that other man, she knew he would never judge her for that, or hate her. He was what she knew now. And she was all he knew.
That’s the way he wanted it to stay.
Bruise
“NO.”
He said that maybe louder than he meant to.
“Katelynn no. Don’t you ever think that!” he pulls back, holding her shoulders in his hands. “Please don’t ever think I’d be better without you! D-do you know where I’d be? I’d be here. Alone. Painting. Never going out. Never doing anything. I wouldn’t have my new friends, I wouldn’t know you, I wouldn’t know what being in love is like and I would think I’m fine but, but I NEED you. I’ve needed you my entire life.”
That was the final nail that broke the coffin as the saying goes, Katelynn’s face finally breaking down in quiet sobs at his admission. His love for her was that strong that he would allow himself to risk his life just to be with her, a girl who attracted villains? She had no idea something could be so strong.
“I-I’m sorry..! I’m sorry…I just..I keep making so many mistakes that I thought..I thought you were better without me..I-I didn’t know…I keep making mistakes with you..and my mother—”
She cut herself off, knowing he didn’t like hearing about her mother or hearing her talk about her.
“I-I am trying though..I am..it just never felt like enough..B-But..I’m sorry Jack..”
“It is enough Katelynn because you are what I need, what I want, what is enough.” he said quietly, brushing her face with his hands, wiping her tears before they fall too far down her cheeks. “Katelynn please… I love you, I love you so much… don’t e-ever be sorry for being you or doing what you do. Life, life is to make mistakes to learn from them… th-that’s how it works, isn’t it?”
He pulls her into his arms again, holding her close, trying to say so much in the simple gesture. “Th-that’s how life is… mistakes, but you pick y-yourself up like I did, a-and you move on…”
Bruise
“No you don’t,” he said as his arms wrapped around her tightly, pulling her in, caressing her hair and kissing her forehead and cheeks though carefully with that bruised one. “You don’t cause me pain. You’ve done so much for me, Katelynn I love you so much and I just want to look after you but all these people come after you I wish I could be with you all the time just to try and give you a chance to, to get away or, or something…! Please, d-don’t cry any more. Please…”
“B-But..” she held onto him tightly, the memories of all the times she made him sad or worried springing forth in her mind, as well as her mothers scolding words, “But..all I do is make you worried..or sad…and now because of me two villains..because of me one targeted you and just by being with me..it puts you in danger..! Ever since I stepped into your life all I did was cause trouble..nothing but trouble for you..an-and it hurts to think that maybe you were better without me..”
“NO.”
He said that maybe louder than he meant to.
“Katelynn no. Don’t you ever think that!” he pulls back, holding her shoulders in his hands. “Please don’t ever think I’d be better without you! D-do you know where I’d be? I’d be here. Alone. Painting. Never going out. Never doing anything. I wouldn’t have my new friends, I wouldn’t know you, I wouldn’t know what being in love is like and I would think I’m fine but, but I NEED you. I’ve needed you my entire life.”
Bruise
“It’s not y-your fault Hot Flash is, is a woman who delights in the misery of others.” Jack said quietly. “It’s w-who she is, it’s what she does… I-I just don’t know why she and the other Doom Syndicate members f-focus on you so intently… if, if I could I’d take all their attention from you, s-so they bother me instead.” he reached and touched her hands, looking at her painfully.
“I’m used t-to being bullied and beaten a-and hurt so it’d be n-nothing new to me. If it would o-only mean they’d leave you alone…”
She shook her head so violently, a cry ripping from her throat. “NO! NO Jack! I won’t let that happen! Ever! You hear me? I won’t let them hurt you! How could you even..suggest something like that? No! To even think of you like that..it hurts..!”
Beaten? She didn’t even want to imagine him with a papercut let alone hurt in front of her. It shook her, her body trembles increasing.
“All I do is cause you pain..”
“No you don’t,” he said as his arms wrapped around her tightly, pulling her in, caressing her hair and kissing her forehead and cheeks though carefully with that bruised one. “You don’t cause me pain. You’ve done so much for me, Katelynn I love you so much and I just want to look after you but all these people come after you I wish I could be with you all the time just to try and give you a chance to, to get away or, or something…! Please, d-don’t cry any more. Please…”
Bruise
“I always make you cry.” Jack said quietly. “W-when did I start making you cry so much…? I, I don’t know what to do…” he admits, pulling his hand away from her, as if he’d touched a hot oven. “I-I don’t you, I don’t mind about the artwork because you were safe and unharmed b-but…”
He stops himself, and rubs at his temples, shutting his eyes. “God.. I’m sorry. I am.” Jack shook his head. “G-great. So Hot Flash knows who I am, now…” he whispered to himself.
“No, Jack,” she says desperately, making a grab for his hands. “You’re not..you’re not making me cry. I’m not crying.” Shows him her dry eyes. “See? I just..you’re right about the bully thing..I hadn’t thought about it..I always do things without thinking..I’m sorry..all of this is my fault..if it hadn’t been for me she wouldn’t know who you are and she wouldn’t have burned your gallery down…”
Oh god now the guilt is choking her. She didn’t want Jack worrying, always wanted to see him smiling and yet she was causing him so much pain all the time. Her initial fears and musing on if he were better off without her entered her mind and that scared her even more.
She trembled at the emotions in that thought alone.
“It’s not y-your fault Hot Flash is, is a woman who delights in the misery of others.” Jack said quietly. “It’s w-who she is, it’s what she does… I-I just don’t know why she and the other Doom Syndicate members f-focus on you so intently… if, if I could I’d take all their attention from you, s-so they bother me instead.” he reached and touched her hands, looking at her painfully.
“I’m used t-to being bullied and beaten a-and hurt so it’d be n-nothing new to me. If it would o-only mean they’d leave you alone…”
Bruise
He stared at her still. Quickly he gets to his feet and goes to her, touching her cheek gently not to hurt but just to inspect. Oh God. People might think he hits her Or something bad happened. His stomach knots up, and he shakes his head.
“Y-you shouldn’t do that… you shouldn’t let them goad you in-into violence like that. It’s, it’s what bullies do. They lower you to th-their standards and make you fight, a-and you become li-like them, relying on violence.. I-I know because all the doctors told me that, when-when I was bullied so badly…” he trails off, groaning, and shuts his eyes.
“Katelynn I am grateful bu-but what if she comes after you even more now, t-that you tried?”
Her face contorts in pain at his words, a bit of worry leaking into her eyes. “She’s the one who found me..I should have had my disguise on but I guess she wanted to tell me her handiwork..” She frowned, looking away from him.
“Goad me..she definitely did that..I’m sorry Jack..I was just…I’ve never felt so angry at someone..she was the one who burned your artwork and I didn’t want her to laugh at you like that..”
“I always make you cry.” Jack said quietly. “W-when did I start making you cry so much…? I, I don’t know what to do…” he admits, pulling his hand away from her, as if he’d touched a hot oven. “I-I don’t you, I don’t mind about the artwork because you were safe and unharmed b-but…”
He stops himself, and rubs at his temples, shutting his eyes. “God.. I’m sorry. I am.” Jack shook his head. “G-great. So Hot Flash knows who I am, now…” he whispered to himself.
Jack Maple 