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being told ‘I want you’ is fucking powerful

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two  weeks.  fourteen  days.  three  hundred  and  thirty-six  hours.  that’s  how  long  it’s  been  since  penny  last  saw  her.  since  she’s  heard  anything  real ,  anything  beyond  the  few  scattered  texts  that  did  nothing  to  quiet  the  constant  knot  in  her  stomach.  she’s  tried  to  keep  it  together — tried  to  throw  herself  into  work,   into  anything  that  might  keep  her  from  spiraling.  but  it’s  when  she  forgets  to  do  her  warm-ups  before  the  second  act ,  too  distracted  checking  her  phone ,  that  it  really  hits.  when  she  almost  misses  four  cues  in  a  single  performance ,  her  mind  anywhere  but  the  stage ,  that’s  when  she  knows — she  can’t  keep  pretending  she’s  fine.  she  has  to  call  again.  she’s  given  drew  space.  figured  there  was  a  reason  for  the  silence ,  something  she  shouldn’t  push.  but  that  reasoning  only  gets  her  so  far  when  it  feels  like  she’s  been  abandoned — like  she’s  been  led  to  believe  in  something ,  only  to  be  left  standing  alone.  when  she’d  knocked  on  drew’s  door  a  few  nights  ago ,  her  roommates  had  no  real  answers  for  her.  now ,  sitting  curled  up  on  her  couch,  her  phone  cold  and  useless  in  her  hands ,  she  gives  in.  again.  she  dials.  voicemail.  again.  "hey. i know i said i’d stop calling. and at this point , i get it — you don’t want to talk to me. you want nothing to do with me anymore , fine. but can you just — just give me a sign of life ? please ? i feel like you at least owe me that. just let me know that you’re okay. or if you’re not. just … please , drew. please." by  the  time  she  ends  the  call,  her  hands  are  shaking.  she  stares  at  her  phone  for  a  long  moment,  then  sets  it  down,  swallowing  against  the  lump  in  her  throat. 

she  watched  his  movements  as  he  bent  down  to  grab  his  tumbler,  quickly  debating  whether  she  should  offer  to  buy  him  a  new  one,  considering  the  small  dents  and  bumps  caused  by  their  collision.  but  seeing  as  he  didn’t  seem  to  care  about  the  state  of  it,  she  decided  to  let  it  slide  for  now.  "oh  well,  glad  i  could  help  you  shake  things  up  —  quite  literally,"  she  said  with  a  smirk,  the  words  dripping  with  lighthearted  sarcasm.  her  smile  softened,  but  only  for  a  moment,  before  she  almost  had  to  fight  back  a  grin  at  his  teasing  comment.  "careful  now,  stranger.  if  you  keep  saying  things  like  that,  i  might  just  start  running  into  you  more  often  if  you’re  gonna  say  things  that  makes  me  feel  extra  special"  the  brief  silence  that  followed  was  interrupted  by  the  sound  of  a  snickers  bar  finally  tumbling  down  the  vending  machine.  a  bit  too  late  and  almost  a  comedic  timing.  "well,  look  at  that..."  she  said  with  a  mock-surprised  tone,  nodding  at  the  candy  bar.  "unless  you  think  that’s  enough  of  a  lunch  for  you  .  .  yeah  ,  let’s  go  find  something  better."

a small chuckle sounded from his lips, head shaking as he finally bent down to grab his poor, exiled tumbler from where it had rolled to a stop. “for the record, i’m usually the one getting kicked by life, not the one doing the kicking. so this is a refreshing twist,” he replied, slinging the bottle under his arm as he looked at her again. she was quick, charming in a frantic way, and definitely not the kind of person you forgot running into. “and no,” he continued, leaning in with a whisper, “i don’t offer lunch to everyone who nearly takes me out with a flying coffee cup. you’re just the exception.” his grin widened, hands sliding into the pockets of his hoodie as he gestured toward the exit. “but now that you’ve thrown a vending machine into submission and offered to feed me out of guilt, i feel like i’d be an idiot not to take you up on it. c’mon, let’s find something that isn’t held hostage behind bulletproof glass.”

Gideon Glick as Tobias Bell and Ivan du Pontavice as Gabin Roux ÉTOILE — The Offer (1.08)