She didn't answer. Just leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his forehead. Cupping his face in her hands as she did,

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

"The others are fine. And they have each other for the time being if anything pops up."

She reached to touch him, but thought better of it. Pulling her hand back away,

"... please look at me."

//change /neg

"I just didn't want to leave you alone."

Her voice was soft, and her hands curled around her skirt. In all honesty, it took everything in her not to hug him. It hurt, seeing him like this.

She hesitated, before approaching. She made sure he was able to see her, since her footsteps were always nearly silent and she didn't want to startle him.

She sat down next to him, but with enough space between that there would be no accidentally touching.

"I'm just tired. That's all."

A sigh, and she shifts around. Before pulling the blanket down so that just her eyes peek out.

She knows it's him. Who else would it be? Still, she's quiet. Just listening to his movements.

When she does finally speak, it's muffled by the blanket, "I'm not in the mood today, Jax."

"Cause Caine hates us."

It was supposed to be a joke, but it certainly didn't land like one. And knowing the injuries didn't really matter didn't make the situation any less upsetting,

"Deep breaths. Is anything bleeding? What does your 'blood' even look like? I have no idea what I'm looking for."

@pomnifromtadc.bsky.social

"Are you okay, Pomni?"

Ragatha rushed to the Jester's side, kneeling beside her. This adventure had been ... interesting, to say the least, and Pomni had just been thrown by the creature the group had been trying to fight off

"[#$&%]- that doesn't look good."

Pomni*

- where he had gone, but she had a vague idea. It was always one of these places, she just ... needed to find the right one.

"Jax?" Her voice wasn't loud, but she had no doubt he'd be able to hear her, "Where are you, sweetheart?"

Ragatha had tried to follow after him, but she'd needed to get the others to leave her alone first. Gangle in particular had been clingy, and Ragatha had needed to tell Polni she was fine at least six separate times before she was able to slip away from the group.

She didn't know exactly -

//sounds good!

And yeah, I keep mixing them up and looking for replies on the wrong one. I just made the post on both cause some people I like writing with haven't switched over yet

// @lankyleporid.bsky.social

Hey hun, since I sent a Ragatha one on twt, do you wanna shoot me an angsty Jax starter? Or do you want another one here?

"Guess we're twins tonight."

She opened the blanket, and her arms, for a hug,

"Wanna share?"

She jumps in surprise, clearly not expecting anybkyd especially to be up, but once she sees that it's Pomni she relaxes a bit. Pulling the blanket tighter around herself and forcing a smile

"Hey. You're up late."