@l-egendaery ( finn ) sent : [APOLOGY] the sender, having recently done something that hurt or upset the receiver, reunites with them and addresses the elephant in the room by greeting them with a sincerely apologetic tone.
◤ ⸸ 𝗕 𝗥 𝗨 𝗧 𝗔 𝗟 𝗜 𝗧 𝗬 ⸸ ◢ she had lost everything . even weeks later , the only thing on her mind was how far she had fallen from grace . and maybe she had deserved it . maybe she had written her own fate . and maybe she should have expected everything to fall apart because everything had gone too goddamned right for too goddamned long . but how could she have predicted that her family would turn their back on her ? that they would take her very soul and strip it of everything happy she’d had ? that they would tear her heart out of its cage and crush it until she couldn’t even tell it had once been a heart ? it wasn’t fair -
who was she to decide what was fair ? she’d broken arms , broken noses , shoulders , anything she could get her hands on . there had been moments she’d been determined to ruin careers , ruin lives , leave anyone in her way broken , bloodied , and battered . she hadn’t cared who she had to run through to get to the top . and once she’d gotten there , she didn’t care who she had to crush under her heel to stay there , who she had to break to keep the rest of the locker room in their place .
maybe she’d let the title get to her head . maybe she’d poured too much of herself into keeping it , into crafting a persona around it . so without it ? she can’t be sure who she is , who she’s supposed to be . in the days leading up to summerslam , she’d been so confident , so sure of herself . she’d had a plan , had the people she needed to implement it and ensure its success . and still ... she hadn’t noticed the world crumbling around her , leaving her teetering on the edge of a cliff waiting for liv morgan to give the final push .
when that shove came ... rhea had watched as she fell away from everything she’d been sure of . dom , the title , the judgement day ... had she really been so stupid to think that liv couldn’t worm her way into her life ? that the weeks of pushing and prodding wouldn’t earn her respect from the others ? she should have seen it coming . she’d sat home and watched it all unfold , but she’d believed dom . she’d believed finn most of all . she’d watched as he chased the blonde out of the clubhouse , away from everyone involved in the judgement day . it had been enough to convince her , enough to bolster her confidence in her place among them .
how fucking wrong could she be ?
her reflection stares back at her from the mirror as she makes an attempt to touch up eyeliner that was supposed to be waterproof . she doesn’t want anyone to see her cry , can’t afford for anyone to think she’s weak . she freezes at a knock on the door , annoyance lacing her voice . “ not interested . “ a huff of frustration as the knob turns that slips to anger the moment she sees finn’s face reflected back at her in the mirror . he’s lucky she doesn’t strangle him then and there . lips curl into a snarl as her name forms on his lips , eyes meeting his in their reflection . “ come to gloat ? here to see the fruits of your labor ? your plotting worked . is that what you want to hear ? get the fuck out . “
