Jessika Pava

He said I could make it right, if I was brave enough and                              listened to what was in my heart.

"You're okay! Look at me, you're okay."

"Don't you dare close your eyes!"

"Breathe, [name]. Please breathe."

"You're gonna be fine. Trust me, you'll be okay."

"Stay with me!"

"Stay awake! Tell me something. Anything!"

"Stay calm, I've got you."

"Your heart is racing. I need you to calm down, okay?"

"You're not dying. Not today."

"I've got you, [name], I've got you. I'm not letting go."

"Shh, I know you're scared. It's alright. You're safe."

"I'm not gonna hurt you. I promise."

"Can I touch you?"

"Take it easy. Nice and slow breaths."

"No, no, no, don't look at that. Look at me."

"Keep breathing for me. Keep that heart going. Don't give up this easily."

"Follow my finger with your eyes."

"Deep breath, this is gonna hurt -"

"I'm not gonna let anything happen to you."

"Drink some water. Here, I'll help you."

"Can you walk?"

"Can you hear me? [Name]?"

"Hey, whats your name? First and last."

"Don't move, okay? Try and stay still."

"Can you put pressure on your side? It'll help staunch the blood flow."

"Let me check your pulse."

"You're shaking."

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“Hah!” Jess guffaws, slapping a hand down on her leg rather animatedly. She’s clearly amused, eyes sparkling with her laugh - which perhaps sounds even a bit sarcastic.

“That’s a good one. If only it were that easy - I think I’d have wasted away to nothing by now!” A morbid topic to be joking about, she thinks, but morbid humor seems to be both a defense and coping mechanism for most of the Resistance.

“You running from something, I gather?”

“Just switching the damn things off would lighten the load. Weight off my shoulders, if not off my hips.”

‘What hips?’ some people might say, as a combination of exercise and stress does a good job of keeping those … well honestly Thera worried they were too slim, but that wasn’t really the issue right here. She chuckled a little at Jess’ question, gave a shrug.

Its a dark thought to wonder for how long that will last, and kriff, she hopes it will last forever -

But this is war, after all. As much as Jess yearns for what they have, she also isn't sure she could bear to lose it after she finally clasps her hands around it.

‘ i refuse to listen to reason, i have to listen to so much already. ’

‘ if i was famous i would just knock on people’s doors and be like hello, yes, it’s me. ’

*eats a snack while looking for a better snack*

‘ taking a nap is always so risky like when will i wake up? in thirty minutes? in 2 hours? in 3 years? ’

‘ i’m wiping the slate clean, so i have somewhere to spill all the blood of everyone who has ever wronged me. ’

‘ horrified that other people have decided to leave their house tonight. ’

‘ to me, the cookie jar is the modern day treasure chest, and you don’t have to brush off  any skeletons to get to it. ’

‘ my morning routine includes 10 minutes of sitting on my bed and thinking about how tired i am.  ’

‘ grab your own butt. love yourself. ’

‘ on the moon if you don’t like something you can just throw it upwards into space. on earth if you try to do that the enemy known as gravity gets in the way. ’

‘ my stress stresses me out to the point where i’m too stressed to deal with my stress. ’  

‘ don’t worry, password. i’m insecure too. ’

‘ i should have thought about that? you know i don’t think about things. ’

‘ when you live the bart life you say ‘whoa, mama’ to the good and ‘ay, caramba’ to the bad. ’

‘ i got 99 problems but i’m gonna take a nap and ignore them all. ’ 

‘ i love the sound you make when you shut the fuck up. ’

‘ everything’s my fault when you just look at the facts and information. ’  

‘ why insult someone when you can say something nice in a very sarcastic tone. ’    

‘ do you like bad boys? ‘cause i’m bad at everything. ’

‘ i never argue. i just explain why i’m right. ’

‘ if robbers ever broke into my house and searched for money, i’d just laugh and search with them. ’  

‘ if your family members share one of those articles about how millennials can’t do anything right, consider countering by sharing the page of a below average nursing home or even just a photo of bones with the caption: sooner than you think. ’

‘ yeah, baby, i am an animal in bed. more specifically a koala. i can sleep for 22 hours a day. ’  

‘ can i sell my feelings on ebay. i don’t want them anymore. ’

‘ coffee is just baby formula for adults. ’ 

‘ i think i speak for all of us, just in general. ’  

‘ i get ignored so much my name should be terms and conditions. ’

‘ can you lose weight by running away from your feelings? ’

‘ do not beef shame me. ’

‘ later is the best time to do anything. ’

‘ trying to decide if i should spend my evening reading a book or browsing social media for two hours in stomach churning guilt while thinking about how i should read a book. ’

‘ if you cannot handle me at my worst, that is fine. i am a powerful and terrifying thing and all should live in fear. ’

‘ people pretending to be cats is fine and cool but if some sort of huge animal wanted to pretend to be people then everyone is all, ‘please leave the bank’. ’

‘ are you bad wifi ‘cause i’m feeling no connection here. ’

‘ in the mood for a hug and 69 chicken nuggets. ’

‘ some times you spend so much time getting revenge you forget about getting retribution. ’  

‘ never underestimate yourself. but also do not overestimate yourself, that’s bad too. ’

‘ you will never be a billionaire but there’s still time to see what they taste like. ’  

‘ i don’t say this to everyone but i will barn shuffle dance on your grave. ’

‘ they will never do a live action reboot of your childhood. ’

‘ i could learn a thing or two from this? thanks for the warning, i will avoid it. ’

‘ you would think that wouldn’t you, always with your thinking things. that’s what separates me from you, the thinking. ’

‘ i’m putting free wifi on my gravestone so people will come visit me. ’

‘ sea shells, or the beach’s potato chips, are free to anyone who can find them. ’  

‘ learning is the fool’s errand. ’

    change any gendered language to your needs.  ♡