#drumortem

"gay."

it comes out on instinct, before she can stop it, before she can even consider her actual response. at least she has the good grace to cover her mouth to hide her own laughter, the sound she tries to disguise as a cough or a clearing over her throat. she's pretty sure that... doesn't work.

"...really, though?" vic sounds a little disbelieving, she knows that, but she's done the best she can to force that edge from her voice even if she hasn't fully succeeded. "didn't know you knew how to be quiet no matter what was happening —"

"listen—"

and yeah, that's not the argument she wants it to be, by any stretch of the imagination. if she wants to be warm and cozy and have the opportunity to drown herself, that's her business.

"—shut the fuck up."