24 Oct 2021, 04:39
Waterside Date
The dark conclusion.
Matt was a practiced enough kisser than a new set of lips was not a particularly cumbersome hurdle. As long as he was the initiator, as long as he had a sense of control, then he had no aversion to the act. This would end up being the messy sort of scene that would have made @Jack Warren hurl. The story, the lie was simple -- they were in a relationship, this 'new' moment for Winnie was one that had happened before, possibly several times in fact. It was nothing special, nothing new, even if it was. Even defining moments, the moments that might have been real, could have been something more, were cheapened in a way because he would not, could not and never would tell the truth.
So their first kiss was just one of many. Messy, strange and he would have thought always in response to his lead. Little did Mathias know that while he might have started this. Taken away a few months, months where she had developed attachments and unhealthy relationships with men that did not care for her. Men who tried to use her, avoid her, disparage her, she would find herself with someone who intended to treat her no better. Mathias was not a romance novel's love interest, he was a self-absorbed asshole that thought he was just getting what he wanted. He was placating his family's need for appearances, gaining an enthusiastic servant and occasional playmate. However, what he did not wholly comprehend was her level of attachment, how dangerous reciprocal expression was to one such as Winnie Harper. That while Mathias was starting this, harper would be the one to end it.
Matt was a practiced enough kisser than a new set of lips was not a particularly cumbersome hurdle. As long as he was the initiator, as long as he had a sense of control, then he had no aversion to the act. This would end up being the messy sort of scene that would have made @Jack Warren hurl. The story, the lie was simple -- they were in a relationship, this 'new' moment for Winnie was one that had happened before, possibly several times in fact. It was nothing special, nothing new, even if it was. Even defining moments, the moments that might have been real, could have been something more, were cheapened in a way because he would not, could not and never would tell the truth.
So their first kiss was just one of many. Messy, strange and he would have thought always in response to his lead. Little did Mathias know that while he might have started this. Taken away a few months, months where she had developed attachments and unhealthy relationships with men that did not care for her. Men who tried to use her, avoid her, disparage her, she would find herself with someone who intended to treat her no better. Mathias was not a romance novel's love interest, he was a self-absorbed asshole that thought he was just getting what he wanted. He was placating his family's need for appearances, gaining an enthusiastic servant and occasional playmate. However, what he did not wholly comprehend was her level of attachment, how dangerous reciprocal expression was to one such as Winnie Harper. That while Mathias was starting this, harper would be the one to end it.
[Fin?]
Event NPC