by Katarina Karkov » Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:36 am
Katarina quivered a little bit, but, to her credit, did not immediately break down in sobs. Considering this was someone who had been attacked and nearly killed, kidnapped, seen her country thrown into chaos, and ended up with some new scars, as shiny as they may be, this was a credit to the fact that she was made of sterner stuff, the kind of character necessary for leading a country in difficult times.
Perhaps slightly less to her credit, depending on your point of view, was the fact that she collapsed into one of the Jez's chests, burying her face in her girlfriend and hyperventilating.
"Oh, Jez. I'm just so scared, all the time. The nightmares, every night. The news every morning. If I could throw it all away...
I don't deserve someone like you."
Or, at least, that's what Jez thought she said. It was a bit muffled, after all.