you were a pogue.

and you wanted to help your friends get the cross back, and sarah.

you especially wouldn’t leave without your best friend.

and rafe knows this.

but, you can’t change how you feel about people, right?

so, what was he gonna do when you offered to the pogues to be the one to go onto the gigantic and full boat and search for sarah by yourself and help her get out of there?

what was he going to do when he and his father were searching for sarah, who managed to slip past them on the boat, only to come near where you were, causing you to hide behind the nearest wall?

because let me tell you, that’s exactly what happens.

thankfully, ward doesn’t find you first, only rafe.

ward hurried off in another direction when he heard clattering in a room down an opposite hall, while rafe had stopped just before the wall you were hiding behind, sensing that someone was there.

until he walks to the end of the hall, turns his head and sees you there, hiding with an anxious look on your face, almost as if thinking this is it — that you’re caught and he’s going to stop you.

you know what he did to peterkin, to his sister twice. the drug issues.

so, you’re well aware of the fact that he could hurt you if he really wanted to or felt like he had to.

but, he doesn’t.

instead, he clenches his jaw, hesitating for a moment, before backing up and motioning to the next hall down, almost as if he’s letting you go.

that damn soft spot he has for you has its perks, huh?

“well, what the fuck are you waitin’ for, princess? get the hell outta here before you get caught.” he scoffs and rolls his eyes, annoyed with how you’re just standing there, frozen with your jaw dropped in surprise.