Jack hadn't been angling for remorse at all, and blinked, wiggling back in an attempt to look at Zev properly. Silencing people was really not a part of his modus operandi, and having that be the take-home message of 'warn me next time' bothered him more than he cared to admit.
"Zev- hey. No," he insisted, inelegantly but firmly. The whole thing still unsettled him, but . . . that was Zev, there, just as much as any of the pretty parts. Even if Jack hadn't always been the wisest in love, he'd at least been around long enough to know that nothing good came of pretending that some aspects of people just weren't there. He tried for a little smile, ducking his head in an effort to catch the elf's eyes. "Come on. What did I say about this protecting-me-from-yourself crap?"
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Jack hadn't been angling for remorse at all, and blinked, wiggling back in an attempt to look at Zev properly. Silencing people was really not a part of his modus operandi, and having that be the take-home message of 'warn me next time' bothered him more than he cared to admit.
"Zev- hey. No," he insisted, inelegantly but firmly. The whole thing still unsettled him, but . . . that was Zev, there, just as much as any of the pretty parts. Even if Jack hadn't always been the wisest in love, he'd at least been around long enough to know that nothing good came of pretending that some aspects of people just weren't there. He tried for a little smile, ducking his head in an effort to catch the elf's eyes. "Come on. What did I say about this protecting-me-from-yourself crap?"