Girl From Above #4: Trust
“It would have been blown to bits with the rest of Starscream. It didn’t matter though, because the same asshole in that picture was looking back at me from the mirror in my allocated Island cabin. Sure, he’d gained a few lines around his eyes, a tiny nick of a scar on his ear, and he’d filled out, but he still had that same don’t-give-a-shit look on his face, like the nine systems couldn’t touch him. In fleet, I’d believed it. Nothing could touch me back then. Now I wore that look to make fucki...ng sure nothing did touch me.
I tugged at the jacket and craned my neck to the side, loosening the collar. The stripes stitched into my arm confirmed the rank of lieutenant. I never believed I’d wear the whites again, even under false pretenses. The last day I’d dressed in white was the same day Haley had died.
I dragged a hand across my chin and scratched at the few days’ worth of stubble—almost a beard by fleet standards. An officer would be clean-shaven.MoreLess
I tugged at the jacket and craned my neck to the side, loosening the collar. The stripes stitched into my arm confirmed the rank of lieutenant. I never believed I’d wear the whites again, even under false pretenses. The last day I’d dressed in white was the same day Haley had died.
I dragged a hand across my chin and scratched at the few days’ worth of stubble—almost a beard by fleet standards. An officer would be clean-shaven.MoreLess
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