·!¦[· xᴏᴋ-4: яᴀᴠᴇɴ; ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ: ズ.ム.刀.乙.ム.ズ.ノ. ·]¦!·
Protect the past, heal my painful wounds
And live on without erasing tomorrow...
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The bartender glared at her, and Raven cast an imperious gaze in return, leaning away from Gable's steady hand to rest on the bar. Even swaying, even on the brink of s**t-faced, something about her demeanor screamed "predator". Petite that she was, she was the more dangerous of the three, and they were none the wiser to her untapped potential. Suddenly she was not the laid back woman moments ago, but someone who commanded respect. Even with flushed cheeks and a sway to her, she managed to look menacing for her size, "Don't glare at me as if this is my...my pet monkey to put a leash on. Show some respect to my comrade and the patrons of this bar. Do you know who you work for? Joe's tab is on me, and you will serve him as many drinks as he wishes. I will cut him off when I have had my limit of spending. Any problem with this, and I will break your face in and pay Bishop to hire a new bartender." She ended her tirade with a leering glare before pulling away. Huffing in irritation, Raven leaned over and grabbed Joe, forcibly yanking the man up to his feet. She kept an arm on him to keep him from falling over any more than he already had.
This was a side of Raven most people found peculiar. Right now, she regarded Joe like a petulant child, despite having spoken for him. She, for reasons unknown even to her, felt responsible for him. She had failed, after all, to realize just how many drinks he had gotten away with, when he had inadvertently confessed to being a light weight drinker. The buzz Raven had was strong, and it felt as if a bubble existed around her. Rather than being distracted, Raven was hyper-sensitive to her surroundings. This was partly because she knew she was under the influence, and that rational mind set always had her paying thrice the attention she normally did sober.
And she would do it, she was crazy enough to. She was in that zone where the wrong word to her new-found friends and she'd snap. This was one of the reasons Raven didn't drink around others. She felt like she had to look after them, allow them to enjoy themselves. She herself found more amusement in watching them than joining them, but the stress of the past few days had actually driven her to drink. And now Leo was here, looking less Leo than Leo should have been and the fact that she was quite literally unable to grasp any ethereal ties to him that should be there greatly alarmed her, leaving the woman to sober up quickly.
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No matter how frightening it is
I won't look away if there is love at the end of everything.