[There's a measure of steel there. Because Daphne would eviscerate anyone who touched her mother, she would destroy him in ways that would be so painful that they would beg to die. She can't even call them people. She can't.]
[ gemma would hate this, hate that anyone else knew about that. but daphne's not asking to rubberneck. daphne's asking for another reason, one jax understands. ]
Six bullets.
[ he reaches out, touches one finger to her forehead. ]
Right there.
[ he'd felt sick after. it's been a while since jax remembered that. ]
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[ jax's attention is on taping his hands, meticulous and a little more intense than is perhaps merited. ]
Guess you might as well, if we're gonna get touchy feely might as well be with you.
[ she licked him, there's a level of intimacy that can't really be ignored. ]
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[There's a measure of steel there. Because Daphne would eviscerate anyone who touched her mother, she would destroy him in ways that would be so painful that they would beg to die. She can't even call them people. She can't.]
I saw you decide to do it. But did you?
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Six bullets.
[ he reaches out, touches one finger to her forehead. ]
Right there.
[ he'd felt sick after. it's been a while since jax remembered that. ]
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Good.
[No judging, no bias, no thou shalt not kill, just a good.]
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[ because that was something gemma had kept private and secret, something that wasn't jax's to tell. ]
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[And a pause]
I'm hoping what you got from me was a little more cheerful, though.
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[ but there was no disaster of an ending there, just violence. jax is good with violence. ]
You got some assholes trying to put you in a box, was that you?
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Hunters. They kept me in that box for three days.
[She looks up at him]
Yeah, that was pretty violent.
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[ different type of violence, yeah, but jax has seen things just as bad on his end, even without the supernatural angle. ]
Still not gonna say anything about it, you know. You got nothing to worry about.
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Thanks.
[And gives him a light punch]
Let's get this show on the road.
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[ AND THEN THEY FIGHT, THE END. ]