This is pretty much a prequel to the prompt entitled "Petty Amazons."
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Prompt: "Why do you keep risking your life? To prove a point?"
"Yes."
"Doll, we need to talk."
Jacoba rolled her eyes as she looked up from her knitting to see her boyfriend of one week, Gunnar Jensen, standing above her with his arms crossed. Smirking, she set her project off to the side and began to stand up before he waved for her to sit back down. This caused a worried look to cross her face and her eyes widened. "Gunnar, is everything alright? Is someone hurt?" Her face blanched. "Are you breaking up with me?"
Gunnar shook his head as he walked over to her and knelt down, putting one hand on her arm and using the other to hold her chin. "No, doll, I'm not breaking up with you and, as far as I know, nobody's hurt."
He felt her relax, though her eyebrows furrowed as he could practically see the gears in her mind grinding away. "Well, that's good, I guess. But, then, what do we need to talk about?"
"Doll, calm down a bit, ok?" Gunnar watched as Jacoba nodded and took a couple deep breaths with her eyes closed. When she opened her eyes again and looked at him, he took that as his go ahead to begin speaking again. "I just wanted to talk about the risks that you've been taking when we're on a mission."
His words seemed to spark a stubborn fire in her eyes and she pushed him away from her slightly, allowing her to stand up. "I don't know what you're talking about, Viking."
Gunnar stood as well, stubborn resolve shining in his own eyes as they faced off; his arm crossed in front of him as she put her own on her hips defiantly. "You know exactly what I'm talking about, doll. I hadn't noticed it before, but I've noticed during the last couple missions that you've gone in and almost willingly gotten captured to make sure that the rest of us got where we needed to be."
"Get to the point, Viking!"
"That is the point, doll! I just want to know why you keep risking your life? Is it to prove a point?"
Jacoba threw her hands up in the air before pointing at Gunnar's chest. "What do you want to hear, huh? The truth? Well, then, yes. Yes, I am getting captured and what not to prove a point! That point being that I do belong with this team and can hold my own. So what the hell are you going to do about it?"
Gunnar sighed. "Doll…"
Jacoba growled and turned away. "No, you know what, I'm leaving. I need some time away." With that, she stomped out the door, still growling. She was definitely going to be mad for quite a while.
