Weakness

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Heather contemplates Jake Green, post Oversight.

PG


She has a weakness when it comes to Jake Green. It's not something she likes to admit, or acknowledge, but it was part of the reason she left Jericho.

She knows how childish her crush must have seemed to him. He saved her life and her feelings had bordered on hero worship for a long time. Perhaps that changed when she kissed him, perhaps not. Maybe the change only happened after she left. In New Bern with Tad.

She'd tried to make a life there. And perhaps if things hadn't escalated. If life had stayed simple, she would have done just that. Never gone back to Jericho. Spent her days making windmills blissfully unaware of Jake Green and the turmoil he caused.

But things had changed. Life had become unbearable. Lies had been told. And she'd been forced to act. She wanted to help, but she didn't want to have to save them. She just wanted to go back to the simple, easy days before the bomb, before Jake Green.

But that was a wish that could never be realized. It seemed no matter how she tried, that reality just didn't exist anymore and she found herself back in Jericho. Because, for better or worse, Jericho was home. Jake Green wasn't going to ruin that for her.

So she went back. Was almost glad to see that he was with Emily again. If he was with her best friend, then he was off limits. It made it easier to go through the day to day motions. Even if the reality was not something she desired to witness firsthand. So she threw herself into the fight, heart and soul. And found that perhaps there were other men out there who could burn Jake from her mind.

But now...

Now she couldn't even look her other option in the eye. All because of Jake Green.

He'd been a destructive force in her life for far too long. But despite this knowledge, despite the fact that she knew he was no good for her, would never want the same things... She still foolishly clung to him and his words.

He asked if she trusted him. Of course she did. Even when all the voices in her head were screaming at her to step back, refuse to listen, tell him to find another go-to girl, she agreed.

This was going to get them all killed. And now she was right in the middle of it. All because he asked her to.

She was wrapped around his little finger, still. After everything. After all the protective barriers she'd thrown up. After all that time away from him. All he had to do was ask and she was putting her life on the line again.

So yes, she has a weakness for Jake Green.

And one of these days, it's going to be the death of her.