Also another one of Princess Redfern's.
Prompt #15 Fear
"Hold still," he said angrily.
"I'm trying!" she shouts back. "You're hurting me!"
"So perhaps you'll be more careful next time and listen to me instead of falling through the damned floor!"
Jez crossed her arms and looked away from him petulantly, before shouting, "Ow!"
"Stop being such a baby, Jez."
"Baby? You're the one who screamed."
Dammit. He'd hoped she hadn't realised that. "Yeah... well I thought I was going to fall through as well!" he retorted.
"You screamed my name, you idiot."
"Oh, and it's such a crime to care, is it?"
"You were scared, weren't you?"
Instead of removing another of the splinters, he pushed it further into her knee. She jumped violently and hit him.
"You jerk!"
"Get used to it."