larosedemai:

❧ _{| “—— Good to k-know.” This would have been great had she known about it three years ago when it would have actually come in handy. She was only thirteen then, though, so maybe she wouldn’t have done much damage to the guy who’d raped her. “Do you have any other self defense tips?”} 

_{“Tell them to stop. Some people just need the hear the words. They need your consent.”}

     _{[ His hand lingers, tightening but not roughening. He intends to make her uncomfortable, the heat of his body pressed against her’s. ]}

_{“Go on. Tell me to stop. And I will. I just need to hear you say it.”}