Cowboy Bebop: Jet/Spike: Five Emotions, envy
Title: Pretending
Author/Artist: rosehiptea
Theme: Five Emotions: envy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 219
Sometimes Spike just isn't there.
He'll be sitting on the couch or walking down the street or even grabbing Jet for a kiss and then suddenly his eyes look different. Jet knows he is somewhere else, though it only lasts a few seconds.
Since Jet knows nothing of Spike's past, he isn't sure where Spike's mind goes at these times. But the easiest explanation is a woman, so Jet gets to be pretty sure that's it. He still doesn't know if Spike ran away from this hypothetical woman or she ran away from him, but he's certain that Spike is still with her when he gets that look.
He tells himself he isn't jealous, because he's never had ambitions of having Spike all to himself. But he is, just a little, because whoever she is she has such a strong hold on Spike that nothing else seems to matter. And it may be that this woman doesn't even know that she still has Spike's heart.
Jet's never had a woman who was the only thing that mattered, not even Alisa. So he wonders what happened, what goes on in Spike's mind.
Sometimes the words are on the tip of his tongue. "Who is she?"
But he can't ask, because then he would have to stop pretending not to care.
Author/Artist: rosehiptea
Theme: Five Emotions: envy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 219
Sometimes Spike just isn't there.
He'll be sitting on the couch or walking down the street or even grabbing Jet for a kiss and then suddenly his eyes look different. Jet knows he is somewhere else, though it only lasts a few seconds.
Since Jet knows nothing of Spike's past, he isn't sure where Spike's mind goes at these times. But the easiest explanation is a woman, so Jet gets to be pretty sure that's it. He still doesn't know if Spike ran away from this hypothetical woman or she ran away from him, but he's certain that Spike is still with her when he gets that look.
He tells himself he isn't jealous, because he's never had ambitions of having Spike all to himself. But he is, just a little, because whoever she is she has such a strong hold on Spike that nothing else seems to matter. And it may be that this woman doesn't even know that she still has Spike's heart.
Jet's never had a woman who was the only thing that mattered, not even Alisa. So he wonders what happened, what goes on in Spike's mind.
Sometimes the words are on the tip of his tongue. "Who is she?"
But he can't ask, because then he would have to stop pretending not to care.