[ He pulls her as close at he can, shifting a little so that he can lie against the pile of pillows that he made for her. ]
You’re fourteen years old, but you say that you’re eighteen. You think you must be all done with growing, but you’re not. You don’t even need to shave yet. And you’re terrified when you enlist, because you’re in a country you don’t know and using a name that isn’t yours, and then they tell you that they want men to fly. And you never even knew that was a thing that people did, because the only men you’ve ever known to fly are the kinds of men who hurt people. And it slips you’re mind that they want you to hurt people, as well, just in a different way. All you can think of is ‘fuck you, vampires, I can do this too’.
And you’ve seen planes before, but only ever in flight. They’re ugly things on the ground. But they tell you that they need men with your height and build, men who aren’t afraid to do what men can’t do- and the sky practically feels like your fucking birthright when they say it that way, because you’re the fucking consequence of men not being afraid to do what men can’t do.
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You’re fourteen years old, but you say that you’re eighteen. You think you must be all done with growing, but you’re not. You don’t even need to shave yet. And you’re terrified when you enlist, because you’re in a country you don’t know and using a name that isn’t yours, and then they tell you that they want men to fly. And you never even knew that was a thing that people did, because the only men you’ve ever known to fly are the kinds of men who hurt people. And it slips you’re mind that they want you to hurt people, as well, just in a different way. All you can think of is ‘fuck you, vampires, I can do this too’.
And you’ve seen planes before, but only ever in flight. They’re ugly things on the ground. But they tell you that they need men with your height and build, men who aren’t afraid to do what men can’t do- and the sky practically feels like your fucking birthright when they say it that way, because you’re the fucking consequence of men not being afraid to do what men can’t do.