#ziv.

when she'd got back in contact with ziv by pure chance, she felt like there was actual hope she could salvage what they had together before she ruined it for her own selfish reasons. zuzanna had got scared and when she got scared, she'd avoid - she couldn't lose someone else. her unresolved trauma had got the best of her, turned her into an absolute nightmare and she had been her own worst enemy. she couldn't go through with it then but people evolved and maybe this was divine intervention. sitting down at the table she'd booked, the woman was glowing - mainly from the endorphins brought on by her run after work, showering and the make-up that she'd put on her face. it was for the first time in a while and that indicated to her she still had feelings for them. "thank you for coming." it was the first thing coming out of her mouth - far too formal but she was nervous and physical touch wasn't really something she actively sought. it would probably be odd if she went to put her arm around her ex-fiancé, right? instead, she'd gesture awkwardly to the seat opposite her. "so glad you made it. thought i was struggling at one point but every minute counts in time management." looking at them, they'd aged like wine wine. "please, take a seat. we can get a snack and then go elsewhere. would you like anything to drink?"

it felt like people had been making a mockery of amelia at the opening of the pizzeria so josette had seen herself home. it had been upsetting and now when she was in public, she assumed giggles in the distance were because of that. it felt that no one was really looking for how or why it happened. it had been so brutal that the picture the report painted in josette's mind made her physically ill each time; she couldn't sleep because there was a possibility she'd seen that. they had similar features, the girl seemingly taking after josette when it came to her features, features that people had overlooked. the woman had been trying to get herself to sleep but there was too much on her mind as well as a pressing urge to go out and find out what had happened to the girl herself. that was exactly what she did. walking through the streets of anchorage quickly, the woman would stare at onlookers, as if to acknowledge that she could feel their judgement. there was a moment when she tripped over her own feet, stumbling slightly but not enough to bring her down to the ground. "you saw nothing." she nodded towards the nearest individual.

"what on earth were you thinking?" somehow, adrenaline alone had kept the woman out of harms way. annelise did feel like it was important to search for the missing young woman but at the same time, she was intelligent enough to know it was dangerous to keep searching through the night when it was foreign terrain. everything had happened so quickly - there was little time to understand it, the woman knew she needed to deal with the consequences. it had always been that way for her. back in the day when her partner was struggling, it would be her to pick him up, to try clean him up whilst upholding her business duties so naturally, she assumed the position of responsibility. it wasn't that she was maternal, she'd never wanted children of her own but there was something inside her that had desperately wanted to find willow. perhaps it was because she had no chance of saving her partner to begin with. "never do that again. your own safety first. i am not letting you leave me with fei mao because you decided you'd like to be a hero today." a glare accompanied a stern brow as the woman looked towards them, thumb caressing ziv's shoulder for a little too long, subconsciously, until she realised what she was doing and pulled away. standing up, the woman sighed. "you need a hospital. we have to go back." she hated that she was saying it but they were no good now. it was safety in numbers and people were injured - annelise would have no more people go missing or worse...