Evangeline Sablier is not broken, but please (handlewithcare) wrote in rooms,
Re: Queens: Evie/Wren/Luke
[Evie didn't want to pretend, but she could tell that they weren't ready, and she knew that there was nothing to be done in any case. They couldn't find her a better job somewhere safer, she couldn't come stay here if Daisy hollering drove them to this. Maybe they'd all gotten together too soon, maybe she was the thorn in their side after all, again the word interloper hung in her ears in a deep resonating laughing mean voice. And her eyes pricked with the sting of tears and she bounced Daisy and tried to hush her this made her go back to laughing. Which was better.
Luke was speaking again, and she looked at him confused, because she had just said that things were terrible, and that they were all in bad shape. She'd said it. And they hadn't heard. And he'd just said they'd listen. But they hadn't. And she nodded anway. Swallowing the hard lump in her throat.] I don't think the kids should hear it all. [She said finally. And she didn't. Daisy didn't need to hear about her dead father being awful. She'd remember it. She remembered everything.]