[ if it takes melissa a bit of extra time to react, it's only because she's so startled.
when shauna is lying, she pulls this face. she makes all the muscles in her jaw go too loose. she blinks a lot. because she isn't trying to do the thing where she stares you down until it makes you afraid, she's trying to do the other thing where she acts So Incredibly Normal and Rational that it makes you believe everything she's saying.
shauna's reaction now is way too emotional to be fake. it's the kind of sudden, explosive anger she can't stop and doesn't try to anymore. it's not the response melissa expected at all. it's the one she would've liked back at the campfire when it fucking mattered, and she didn't get it then, but here? now? melissa frowns, confused, and scrambles off the bed. ]
Shauna—wait— [ she puts her hand on shauna's wrist with the same gentle hesitance that she'd use to touch a wounded animal, something just as apt to lash out as they are to settle. ] Stop, Shauna—
[ she makes sure shauna is done digging through the underwear before she asks, ] You seriously don't remember?
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when shauna is lying, she pulls this face. she makes all the muscles in her jaw go too loose. she blinks a lot. because she isn't trying to do the thing where she stares you down until it makes you afraid, she's trying to do the other thing where she acts So Incredibly Normal and Rational that it makes you believe everything she's saying.
shauna's reaction now is way too emotional to be fake. it's the kind of sudden, explosive anger she can't stop and doesn't try to anymore. it's not the response melissa expected at all. it's the one she would've liked back at the campfire when it fucking mattered, and she didn't get it then, but here? now? melissa frowns, confused, and scrambles off the bed. ]
Shauna—wait— [ she puts her hand on shauna's wrist with the same gentle hesitance that she'd use to touch a wounded animal, something just as apt to lash out as they are to settle. ] Stop, Shauna—
[ she makes sure shauna is done digging through the underwear before she asks, ] You seriously don't remember?