Prompt: Lies
Pairing: M'gann/Artemis
Rating: T
Thirty Kisses Challenge
ix. lies
"Y-you lied to me…" Artemis fumbles backward, hands looking for something to grab, something to throw. M'gann's face is full of grief and other things Artemis can't decipher. Probably because it isn't her face. "I told you that you could tell me anything. That you—that you could trust me. And you said the exact same thing. But. But you lied to me."
Artemis stares at the white thing before her, all sharp edges and hard features, and wants back the green girl with soft skin and loving eyes. Not. Not this. Not this thing with M'gann's mind. "I told you everything. And you're a spy?"
"I didn't mean to lie—what we had, Artemis, it meant something. It was. It was the reason I wanted to stop being a spy. But I couldn't—they would have killed my family—"
"But you lied to me!" Artemis shrieks, hand closing around a lamp. She whips it at her girlfriend, watches it pass through her. "You promised me I had nothing to be afraid of!"
"You don't!" M'gann yells back, shifting so she's M'gann again, except the white skin stays. "Artemis, I don't want them to hurt anyone! I'm going to help stop them!"
"It doesn't matter," Artemis mutters, sinking to the ground. "It's over." Her eyes are hard when they meet M'gann's, who shifts back to her normal form. "We're over."
M'gann leaves the room, thinking about stolen kisses and soft skin.
