THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE GODFORSAKEN DAMNS. they start small, like the glimmer of an idea, then start laying their hooks into her until it feels like she’s being hauled heart-first into the fray. & no matter how many times, no matter how much she denies it, there they are.
this, matt in that stupid, fucking costume… she can’t keep away.
( with dani in the mix, she WOULDN'T even if she COULD. )
" i put myself in that courtroom, " jessica swallows around the seriousness of it, metallic dread perched at the top of her gullet. kingpin echoed off her own tongue was a shot fired. " shit’s coming my way & that’s mine to deal with. " there’s been a target out for her & people like her since the FIRST ALIEN EVENT that barreled through the city streets. this is a long time coming.
still, a whiskey wryness whets the curling corner of a smirk. “ but i might be in the market for a lawyer. if you know one. “