( mafiosii )
once, she would’ve met wesley’s smile with one of her own. hell, rory would hug him as a greeting … but now, it feels more right not to than it is inappropriate. she rests a hand on her waist, clenches her jaw at the million things that she’s faced with. wesley, his warning, this familiar budding headache, following nia’s orders. “shit —” she says under her breath. how do you react to that? how do you tell wesley that you could offer him safety on the way back without being so obvious of the fact that you care about him more than you’d like to think? she bites the insides of her cheeks.
“well, thanks for telling us.” she’s curt about it ; they can’t stand here all day, not with a horde like that supposedly coming their way. “better get going then, you wouldn’t want to get caught up with the horde on your way back to camp.” urgency in a suggestion that seems heartless, no wonder rory feels a nudge on her back from another raider. “i mean,” she looks at him — really looks at him — and it’s no use. "that is what you came here for, right? tell us about the horde?“ rory prays to her nonna’s god that she’s right, that wesley is here for nothing more.
WAS HE WRONG for coming here ? was he stupid for continuing to crawl back to rory damiani expecting more than cold looks and daunting insults and comments ? maybe he was. truth be told, wesley drake was never known for being INTELLIGENT. good looking, yes. adventurous, check. caring, of course ! but smart ? ay dios mio, cariño ! he was known to be the boy with too much love and trust and not enough common sense to know where to place it. so he nods at her response — truly, he hates being the bearer of bad news, but he’d rather they know, he’d rather help rory out and allow her camp to have the time to PREPARE.
her words elicit a curious raise of his brows — he’s truly always been confused by the woman, especially in recent months. a part of him KNOWS that it’s most likely because she doesn’t want him here, would rather send him off on his merry little way. but the other parts of him ? oh, how they are ever so brimming with optimism and light for his friendship with her ! he wishes that it's because she wants to make sure that he gets back safe, that this is her sneaky little way of making sure of that — but alas, wishes are no match for a gloomy day with no stars to be seen ! ❝ among other things, ❞ wesley nods. he feels her harsh gaze on him and it feels like the softest she’s been with him for a large part of a long while. ❝ i mean, i also came to see if you were okay, rory, ❞ he adds, looking to her. & maybe he’s here for more than that.














