havensmechanic:

They had of course, gotten into another damn fight. It had gotten heated; until Jak had blurted a curve ball at her. All the stubbornness and fight in her vanished, and she stopped to stare at him for what felt like an eternity.

Her ears had drooped, and her hands dropped to her sides. 

“Jak…you- you still are.”

His energy had left him before he’d said it, and now he just looked defeated, sitting on the couch and running his hands through his hair.

“Why do we keep doing this?” His voice almost cracks, hurt and strain evident in his tone. “We’re both miserable-”