#believedin

“A pity, if you do not materialise soon enough I might find myself desiring to cast such a fine object to the pools for the mermaids to bicker over as a fine treasure...” he teased, hand slipping inside the deep pocket of his coat to grasp upon the jewelled dagger he had secured as a token for Tinkerbell.

“A pretty projectile, and a very sharp aim. Consider me thoroughly impressed...” he commented, turning the knife in his hand to hold it out hilt first to the other. “With skills such as that you must be Tinkerbell from what I have heard... If you desire conversation I have rum back on the sandy outcrop I have taken to finding peace in on the beach. I prefer not to linger in the forests too long with the wildlings running amongst the trees...”

He dipped then to bring himself to perch upon a rock, long limbs - at least in proportion with the rest of his body - stretched out before him. His hand dipped in to a pouch at his waist, affixed to a strip of leather fashioned into a belt, and retrieved a coin that he began to dancing along his knuckles, practising a trick he had learnt in one of the many shows he had found interest in.

     ❝ give me a reason why i should even bother listening to you . ❞   she questions the sun-kissed faerie , idle digits tapping away nonsensically on her arm . hungry optics searching desperately across tinker bell’s features for some , any sign , of deception . they had all served mab , yes . had been her victims . but where zarina had been freed , tink had quickly found another captor . and she didn’t even seem to notice it .   ❝ you’re pan’s girl . i can’t trust you anymore than i can trust a pirate . ❞

Tinkerbell distorts his emotions from the clear path he has always known himself to have, that’s for certain. While he knows it is foolish to become complacent with his emotions around Tinkerbell, for she will never truly be his nor would be expect as much from her, he does find his judgement somewhat distorted. There’s an intimacy between them that he revels in, the complicated relationship seeming almost simple when together. He does not truly understand the emotions he feels, or does not want to admit to himself let alone anyone else what they are - at least not yet - beyond a sense of companionship and closeness that he enjoys. His appreciation for it is usually in physical gestures - tokens from his pirating (jewelled daggers; jewellery; trinkets) - and intimacy. It is also in conversation, in airing some of his private thoughts that he does not speak before the crew. He does, however, often avoid the topic of Peter, unless Tink is out of favour then he gives in to selfishness and certainly mentions what a foolish, impetuous person Peter is for undertaking such action and offering trips to sea as a temptation.