#sivley

"How dare you?" Hailey tugged on her hair in exasperation, her voice strained with anger boiling just under the surface. "Who the fuck do you think you are? You think you're some kind of god, that you can rewrite reality like that?"

"Hailey, I-" Siv backed away, eyes darting back and forth, debating an escape.

"No. You don't get to explain. You don't get to apologize." Hailey retorted. "I trusted you. I vouched for you to my team, risking my career, and what do I get? You fucking lied to me and wasted my time, yet you have the audacity to cry about it and make it seem like it’s my fault things ended badly?”

"If you would have just listened-"

"Oh, I see!" Hailey scoffed. "If I would have just listened to you, because clearly, it's my fault you stole an artifact of immeasurable power and attempted to rewrite reality. I thought you liked me. Hell, I thought you loved me."

"I do, it's just..."

"You love power more." Hailey narrowed her eyes. "Don't deny it. You know it's true. You're manipulative, scheming, sadistic, and cruel- and worst of all, you're a complete asshole. I threw my neck out on the line for you, nearly killed my own career, and what did you do? You betrayed me."

"I didn't, I swear, if you would just listen-"

"Oh, I'm the one who needs to listen to you. Sure." Hailey threw her arms up in frustration. "You're obsessive. You can't let shit go. Jesus Christ, Siv, have you ever considered for a minute that the reason you're alone and miserable is that you're so violently self-destructive that you destroy every chance you have to be loved? The second you have a chance to be happy, you push away everyone who ever cared about you and screw up your own life."

"The last time someone 'cared' about me, I had to have my face surgically reconstructed!"

"Well, that's a load of bullocks!" Hailey crossed her arms. "People have cared about you since then- Me, Jay, and so many others, but you're so obtuse you refuse to see it until it's too late."

"No, you know what people like you do to me?" "You make it so hard for me to remember that I'm on my own, then right when I think I've found something good, you abandon me again! Just like my dad, and just like every other person who's ever given a shit about me!"

Hailey groaned, rolling her eyes in exasperation. "God, you're so stubborn!"

"Yeah, sure. You know what? Fuck you, Hailey, and the high horse you rode in on." Siv scoffed.

"Well, you know what? I don't deserve this! I can't just let you lie to me! I don't even know who you're trying to be at this point!"

"Hailey, please-"

"No, Sivonne!" Hailey put her face in her hands. "You betrayed us. You betrayed me. I deserve better than this. You think that I'm the bad guy for calling you out on your bullshit, but no. You're the one who fucked up, and I think you owe me one hell of an apology."

"Oh, I'm the fuck-up, aren't I?" Siv scoffed. "You think I haven't heard that before? Everyone thinks that, don't they? Siv the fuck-up, Siv the monster, Siv the murderer. They all say that, what's one more bastard who says the same?"

"I put up with so much of your crap because I care about you." The edges of Hailey's form seemed a bit fuzzy, a translucent blue hue overtaking her body. "I do care about you, you know that? There are so many people who care about you, but you're so lost in your own self-hatred that you refuse to see that."

"You think I hate myself?" Siv snorted, a mocking tone to their voice. "You think I would have given myself the power to rewrite the universe if I hated myself? That's fucking ridiculous, Hailey."

"And then you used it to rewrite all your so-called 'mistakes'." Hailey didn't seem convinced. "You know what, Siv? Fuck you. Get the fuck out of my life, okay? I don't want to see you again."

"Hailey-"

"No. I'm done being a fool for you." Hailey's voice went cold. "Just leave. Fix your own damn life, because I'm done trying to do it for you."

"Please-"

"I mean it." Hailey narrowed her eyes. "Be an adult, get a shrink or something. Stop taking your own pain out on everyone else and making your emotions everyone else's problem. You're a bloody disaster, Siv, and everyone knows it. I swear, half the people you call friends are probably just sticking around because they're scared you'll off yourself if they're not there to stop you. You have a problem, and it's not my job to fix you."

"I'm not fucking crazy!" Siv scoffed. "I don't need a shrink!"

"Yes, you are." Hailey replied. "You're obviously unstable; I don't know how I didn't see it from the beginning. Normal people don't do the shit you do. Normal people deal with their shit themselves, instead of taking it out on others. I don't know, try day drinking or something, anything would be more productive than what you're doing now."

"Day drinking?" Siv laughed mockingly. "You're ridiculous, you know that? I can't fucking get drunk, I've told you that before."

"That's not my point." Hailey growled. "You know that isn't the point I'm trying to make."

"Well then, what are you trying to say?"

"Get a fucking coping mechanism, you're not a child!" Hailey snapped, her cold rage bubbling up to the surface. "Anything would be better than what you're doing. You're hurting people, innocent people, and you don't give two shits about it. All you do is cause problems on purpose. That's all you ever do, and all you were ever made to do. If you actually wanted to be more than what your father made you for, maybe you'd be different."

"That was low, Hailey." Siv's voice dropped to a growl. "You know that was low. You owe me an apology for that one."

"What? Because I'm right? Jesus Christ, Siv, have fun destroying yourself and dying alone. Because I'm not going to be there to see it." Hailey turned around, walking through the veil of exhaust from the vent in the alley, as if she was vanishing into a cloud of smoke.

Siv breathed heavily, staring down at her hands. Hailey was gone. She was really gone. She left me. 

2: What would they do if the other woke in a manic state after a nightmare?

Siv: She'd try to get Hailey to breathe with her, reminding her where she is, and put Delilah on her chest to ground her.

Hailey: She'd use grounding techniques to help Siv remember when and where she is, and likely retrieve Delilah so Siv has something to hold to help ground her.

5: Describe their cozy night in.

Piles of blankets, takeout Chinese food, a cheesy horror movie (i.e. Scream or Jennifer's Body), a separate bed for Delilah so she doesn't take up the entire couch, and copious amounts of soda.

8: What happens if one of them gets sick?

Siv: Since her healing factor, although it was dormant for most of her life, has kept her from getting too injured/sick, Siv getting truly thrown out of commission is a rare feat. When sick, they tend to try to ignore it, overworking herself to the point of exhaustion.

Hailey: Can't get sick. She's dead. You can't make the dead feel even more dead.

10: Describe their first date.

That's coming up in the next chapter, so we're going to just say {SPOILERS}.

13: Who’s the bigger tease?

Siv, by far.

20: Choose one song that perfectly describes their relationship.

I could really see Siv singing this to Hailey. Especially the part that's like "Never knew the feeling of a stable home/been a couple years of living on the road/couldn't really tell you where they'd leave a stone/to visit me when I am dead and gone"

39: Who would rescue an injured animal and nurse it back to health? What would the other think?

Siv (See: Delilah). Hailey would likely think Siv was crazy, or going to get rabies, but would try to be externally supportive.

51: What’s a non verbal way they say I love you?

Siv: Keeping secrets. Siv's like a locked vault when it comes to stuff Hailey tells them, and it's one thing that makes Hailey trust them as a partner.