🔎 jessica jones | marvel cinematic universe

[neverthehero]

	✔ Cʀᴏssᴏᴠᴇʀs/AU ✔ Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴsᴘᴀᴍ ✔ Pʀᴏsᴇ	✔ Pɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs ✔ Oᴛʜᴇʀᴡᴏʀᴅʟʏ ✔ Sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs	♥ F/M, F/F ⏰ Uᴘ ᴛᴏ s2

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[neverthehero]

Then do it.

[Calling this bluff is a dangerous one and she knows it, but she's going to do it anyway. She knows she's getting somewhere, and she wants to try and push that realization, even if she gets hurt in the process.]

[blacksky]

[Elektra doesn't hesitate any longer. She takes her hand to pull her forward and wrap the other around her throat. She tells herself to break it. She reminds herself of all the reasons why she must. The most she can do is squeeze and not nearly hard enough to kill anyone much less Jessica.

The taste of orange juice floods her mouth. She can feel herself slipping into hysterics that she didn't know she was capable of. She can't do it. Why can't she do it?! She lets go with a scream of frustration. Weapons aren't supposed to fail. A part of her is afraid of what this leads to.]

What are you doing to me?!

[neverthehero]

[Jessica's back hits the wall as she's shoved backwards, but she's still breathing. That's a step in the right direction, and it means she's making progress.]

I'm forcing you to make your own choices. Because you can make your own choices.

[blacksky]

[It's hard to pin down how she feels exactly. There's anger, confusion, guilt and pain that comes from resisting something that's been impressed so deeply into her brain. She lashes out with her words since clearly the rest of her isn't so effective at the moment.] Then my choice is for you to go away! Leave, Jessica!

[neverthehero]

[It's the small things. In this particular instance, it's the first time that Elektra's used her name, and in that name there's the small acknowledgement that this is the person she used to know.

And that Jessica mattered to her.

So she swallows, taking that small victory for what it is, and turning back to the doorway to let herself out.]

Fine. If that's what you want, I'll go.

[blacksky]

It's what I want! [Elektra curls into herself, gripping her hair in frustration. It's too much. She's not even sure what has her so angry and hurt at this point. She needs it to stop.] Go!

[It isn't until Jessica leaves that she truly breaks down into something between screaming and sobbing. Surprise: she doesn't know how to handle her emotions after having her mind broken so thoroughly.]

[neverthehero]

[Jessica doesn't go far. She lets her work through those emotions and just sits down outside the panic room door just in case she decides she wants to talk some more to help put those pieces back together.]