Prompt: "Just leave me alone."
Pairing: Wolf x Scarlet
["I know you must want nothing to do with me. I don't blame you." Wolf scrunched up his shoulders, and met her with an expression full of regret. "But you're the only one Scarlet. You'll always be the only one." – Marissa Meyer]
Scarlet huffed. "Was that your attempt at an apology?"
Wolf dug his nails into the label from the can, and it shredded instantly. "Only part of it."
"Well it's not good enough."
He pierced her with his eyes, full of pain. She was sure hers mirrored his. "Let's be honest, Wolf. We had a great night on the train to Paris. I finally thought I could trust you. But in every moment you've lied and cheated and betrayed me. That's hard to wrap my mind around. I know I'm not dead because of you. If you hadn't killed Ran and managed to fight the thoughts Jael was feeding you, well, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. I'm grateful for that. But this whole thing between us—it's not okay."
"I know. If you would just give me a chance, Scarlet, maybe I could—"
"Wolf. There's this part of me that wants to open up again and give you another chance, but how am I supposed to do that right now? I won't deny that I like you and that there's something between us"—his eyes lit up with hope, enough to make her wince—"but relationships require trust. And I just don't trust you right now. Or myself around you."
His hand balled into a fist. "What are you saying?" he asked gruffly.
"Maybe for now you should just leave me alone."
"We're stuck on the same spaceship, Scarlet."
"As friends, Wolf," she said softly. "That's all we can be right now."