#midasinreverse

instinctively, she flinches. florek’s been dead for over a year, but men raising their goddamned voices still puts her on edge. still has her bracing for a slap and the berating that will follow. it isn’t every raised voice that does it. and it isn’t every man. the right cigarette-laden rasp will remind her of her mother, which gets the same reaction from alice. this asshole’s assholery isn’t even directed at her, but something about it sets her on edge. makes her grit her teeth before she, without thinking, snaps back. “would you mind being an asshole literally anywhere else? you’re ruining my morning.”