[ So ready to bite back and take advantage of the break in his words, Elena doesn't. Or, well, she begins to with the words right on the tip of her tongue, but it's as the mask is nudged and drops between them that she keeps silent. So only now does he think to remove his mask? Why now?
She works her jaw, quiet, looking up at him again. What else could he possibly have to say? More excuses? More lies?
Without the glove covering her hand she can turn her ring around her finger with her thumb, an unconscious gesture. Almost as though she's weighing unspoken options in her mind while the silence drags on between them, the laughter and cheer and music from inside drifting out every so often. ]
If you were going to say something, let's have it.
a wise lesson
She works her jaw, quiet, looking up at him again. What else could he possibly have to say? More excuses? More lies?
Without the glove covering her hand she can turn her ring around her finger with her thumb, an unconscious gesture. Almost as though she's weighing unspoken options in her mind while the silence drags on between them, the laughter and cheer and music from inside drifting out every so often. ]
If you were going to say something, let's have it.