petrasplaining
“don’t go.”

chiinashero:

          a quiet plea.   so different from her usual confidence that it does give mulan pause.   a soft sigh escapes and she realizes she’s probably seemed on edge and maybe even a little angry as she’s announced her leave.   she knows she shouldn’t,  it’ll be SO MUCH HARDER to leave if she does,  but she lifts her eyes to look into petra’s.   her stomach immediately pools with uncertainty and giddiness and a myriad of other emotions that probably shouldn’t be felt all at once.   it causes tears to momentarily collect,  but they don’t fall.

          “  i’m just going home for the night.     but it isn’t just that.   it’s that her prompting to go home was another moment of hesitation from petra on what exactly it is they are to each other.   even she has to admit it feels a little final,  so she tries to ease the tension in her own muscles and she walks back toward petra until they’re standing only an arm’s reach apart.     i can’t stay.   –i’m not mad.     this isn’t a moment to convince herself of what she’s saying because she knows it.   maybe she’d felt a tinge of anger at first but any spark of it fizzled out the second she looked back at petra.

          she pictures herself reaching up and tucking a few golden locks behind petra’s ear,  pictures herself slowly reeling her in and kissing her.   she doesn’t do those things.   she stays firmly planted.     i guess i’m just trying to give you some space,  more time to think.     teeth gently bite down atop her lower lip and she hesitates before speaking again.     but—  you’re going to drive yourself crazy overthinking things.  ”   she holds her breath,  hopes she hasn’t overstepped any boundaries.   she’s pushing just a little but only because she feels like petra wants to give.   wouldn’t be here if she thought there was absolutely no chance at all.

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PETRA SOLANO
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