At Random: Recklessness
Just a series of one-shots prompted by a random word generator. Mostly for fun and mostly centered around Jason. Sometimes there will be more than one prompt per chapter, although we're starting off with one here. If you'd like to see more, please do let me know!
It started with a comment that Carly made, "Let's face it, Lizzie, you're just not enough woman for him. Not wild enough, not smart enough and not strong enough."
Jason had told Carly to shut up pretty quickly, but Elizabeth had barely noticed. Being with Jason was the most amazing part of her life thus far. He was, when he finally gave in to the inevitable, the best boyfriend she'd ever had. While they were pretty damn happy with each other, they had their problems. His tendency to be arrested, attacked and shot at just one of them.
Another was that lately, Elizabeth had started to feel like some little housewife that he came home to after an exciting day at the office. When she threw in Carly's little comment, the same sort of thing that rang in the back of her own mind, and the fact that she felt they connected best on the back of his bike, obliterating speed limits and screaming into the wind and there were really only so many ways she could respond to it all.
She knew she was right when he didn't really work too hard to talk her out of it. So maybe she wasn't going to join the mob, she thought as she ducked under the chain link fence he was holding up for her, but that didn't mean they couldn't get a little reckless with each other in other ways.
"You can back out still." He offered, glancing down at her and then up at the dark train in front of them.
"No way." She said, smiling and not bothering to hide that while train-surfing was her idea, she was a little nervous.
He flashed her a grin that made her knees a little weak and then started climbing up the side of the train. When he was on top, he turned back around and held a hand down to her. She worked her way up to the top with his help and then laid flat when he told her to. "Last chance." He whispered when the guard made his rounds and then yelled to someone further up the tracks.
"Just another way to go nowhere fast." Elizabeth said, reaching out and grabbing his hand when the train jerked to start.
He didn't respond, and the train began building speed. Elizabeth shifted so she could look above them and saw the stars streaming past. Beside her, Jason started to slowly rise to his feet. When he was standing above her, he nudged her side and Elizabeth took her cue.
"Slowly," Jason said, having to yell over the wind. She did as she was told and slowly moved to her feet, hunching over like he was. Jason moved behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her steady. It felt as though she was being shoved by the force of the wind, but him having her back saved her from completely falling over.
Jason stayed quiet behind her, but Elizabeth couldn't help it. She screamed and laughed and sent a wordless little "thank you" to Carly when Jason started doing the same with her.
More to come, if you're interested. Reviews are love.