Title: Takes One to Know One
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own them; just borrowing.
Summary: Juliet/Ben. She can lie, too.
Spoilers: non-specific for The Other Woman and One of Us
Notes: For
lost_in_108's prompt #16, others.
He won't let her leave, that much becomes clear, all too soon. He makes promises and looks at her with hungry eyes that she'd give in to, if she thought it would help.
She only says it to his face once: “I hate you.”
He slaps her and leaves a red handprint on her cheek, which he smooths, later, with cool slender fingers in the aftermath of anger and lust. (She's never been as strong as she seems.) He kisses the fading sting away, and, “I'm sorry.”
She's never believed anything less. But she can lie, too. She's tangled in this bed with him, after all.
“I know.”