[He hangs onto every word she says, his eyes fixed on hers until she bends to display her tattoo. His gaze follows her. He's seen that tattoo before, but he's never questioned the meaning of it. He never even considered the meaning of his own tattoos. So learning that her ankle tattoo has to do with something like this... A whimper escapes his throat and he reaches for her again.]
I don't wanna remember it like that. I don't wanna remember anything about it. I just wanna think about the good things. Like you.
[She figures she'd scare him even by revealing a little bit about what she's been through. It's why she stops when he reaches for her. Lisbeth drops her foot to the ground and walks back into his arms.]
I know. I know.
[She looks up at him, her expression softening. Lisbeth then reaches up and kisses him.]
[Kissing her is a mistake. But he does it anyway, his fingers curling to grip the fabric of her shirt. He wasn't trying to get pity, but he'll take it if she's giving it to him, if it means that they don't have to talk about how someone out there ruined them.
Lisbeth makes it sound like it's a permanent scar, but if there's one thing that Jesse's vowed, it's that none of this is permanent. He has no interest in revenge or holding onto the memory of that evil.
Redemption, however... He's coming around to that idea. The one thing he still has is the ability to make right. If he can give enough of himself to her, then she'll forget that there was ever someone who made her feel like she wasn't a human being.
She kisses him because she feels sorry for him and he turns it around on her, murmuring against her lips:]
Remember I loved you.
[He doesn't know if that'll be possible when he's gone, but his one wish is that it will be.]
[Lisbeth nearly sighs into the kiss like some hopeless romantic. It's just been so long since she had kissed him. A part of her hates how vulnerable she's become with him. She promised herself after Stockholm that she'd never let those stupid fantasies fill her head again. She is most parts logical, only ruled by emotion when it comes to anger. However, Jesse makes other emotions spring forward, those that have existed all this time, but whose growth was stunted by a really fucked up childhood and adolescence.
Even though her head is swimming, Jesse's use of the past tense isn't lost on her. It makes her pause and she opens her eyes. She feels like she's swallowed an ice cube and it's landed heavily at the bottom of her stomach.
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I don't wanna remember it like that. I don't wanna remember anything about it. I just wanna think about the good things. Like you.
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I know. I know.
[She looks up at him, her expression softening. Lisbeth then reaches up and kisses him.]
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Lisbeth makes it sound like it's a permanent scar, but if there's one thing that Jesse's vowed, it's that none of this is permanent. He has no interest in revenge or holding onto the memory of that evil.
Redemption, however... He's coming around to that idea. The one thing he still has is the ability to make right. If he can give enough of himself to her, then she'll forget that there was ever someone who made her feel like she wasn't a human being.
She kisses him because she feels sorry for him and he turns it around on her, murmuring against her lips:]
Remember I loved you.
[He doesn't know if that'll be possible when he's gone, but his one wish is that it will be.]
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Even though her head is swimming, Jesse's use of the past tense isn't lost on her. It makes her pause and she opens her eyes. She feels like she's swallowed an ice cube and it's landed heavily at the bottom of her stomach.
Lisbeth doesn't know why he'd say that.]