âGood boy.â For Rook/Jacob oh please!
combined this with another prompt too, hope thatâs alright!
187: â Already? Do I really have that much of an effect on you? âÂ
âSo,â Rook says once Jacobâs soldiers have left the room. She clears her throat awkwardly, unable to keep her eyes on Jacob for too long.
âSo,â he echoes, looking unimpressed.
Maybe this was a bad idea. âWell, ahâŠâ
âTimeâs tickinâ, Deputy. I suggest you get on with it,â Jacob says gruffly, each consonant stark in the quiet of the room. He sets the clipboard he was holding down on the desk, papers and maps scattered about. âIf you got cold feet about selling out the Whitetails, I got better places to be, and you got a cage to starve in.â
âWait, back up,â Rook frowns. âIâm not here to give you information. IâI thought that was a front.â
Thereâs a pause. An awkward pause.
âA front,â Jacob echoes flatly.
âYeah,â she shrugs, âlike, ah, becauseââ
Oh no. She stops herself, gesturing vaguely with her hands instead. This is so not going where she thought it would, apparently, and now she just doesnât want to say it. Things are already weird enough. Things are already bad enough. Sheâs stuck in Jacobâs compound spending her days in her cage or âculling the herd,â she doesnât want to make it any worse by giving him some kind of humiliating leverage.
âUse your words, Deputy. Or have my trials fried your brain completely?â Jacob purses his lips, mocking disappointment on his face. âThought you were Stronger than that.â
âThought you were, um, propositioning me out there. This morning.â