#040 – Sight
Frailty
100 words
Paige considered Alex a person who didn't wear her heart on her sleeve.
Alex was tough, cynical. She could stare anyone down without flinching—students and teachers alike. This was something Paige had always admired about Alex. She didn't put up with anyone's shit. Cross Alex and you were liable to feel the string of her right cross.
That's why it was hard the first time she'd seen Alex cry, when she'd tried to protect her mother from her no-good boyfriend, Chad. It was a rare moment of weakness that she hadn't considered in Alex, a frailty that touched her.
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Author's Notes: I've been a mood for pathos. I'm going to try to write some fluffy Palex drabbles in the near future. I was a little delayed with these due to some infanity involving one of my other fandoms. I had to get a fic out for that fandom before I could continue.