Look, if there's anything I've learned over the last few months it's that we girls have gotta have each other's backs. For times exactly like this one.
[ harley's pissed, but she's choosing to channel this frustration the only way she can think of right now: coming up with a plan. ] I was on my own for a long time. Didn't want to have to need anybody else. But then I realized, sometimes it doesn't make ya weak to ask for help. And the people who really matter will always be there to give it if you need. Also —
[ she reaches up to find the buckles that are keeping that ugly leather collar wrapped around charlotte's neck, fingers working insistently until she can take it off. ]
— the only person who gets to put a collar on you like that is you. Right? So if you gotta wear one once in a while, we'll find you something you like. Something pretty.
[ she turns over the leather in her fingers and then unceremoniously tosses it aside. ] Well, you're not gonna have to do anything. Not alone, anyway. What if... what if I say somethin' to him? Tell him if he has a problem with you, he comes to me. And I'll tell him whatever bullshit he needs to hear to make himself feel better. 'Kay?
[ she reaches up to run her fingers through the ends of charlotte's hair, gently twining. ] Think of the contract as, like... a protection agreement. You've got me in your corner. So if you need to tap out and let me go into the ring for you, you can always do that. Don't think you have to fight alone 'cause you don't wanna make me mad. What I'd be more pissed about is findin' out later when I coulda done something to help you.
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[ harley's pissed, but she's choosing to channel this frustration the only way she can think of right now: coming up with a plan. ] I was on my own for a long time. Didn't want to have to need anybody else. But then I realized, sometimes it doesn't make ya weak to ask for help. And the people who really matter will always be there to give it if you need. Also —
[ she reaches up to find the buckles that are keeping that ugly leather collar wrapped around charlotte's neck, fingers working insistently until she can take it off. ]
— the only person who gets to put a collar on you like that is you. Right? So if you gotta wear one once in a while, we'll find you something you like. Something pretty.
[ she turns over the leather in her fingers and then unceremoniously tosses it aside. ] Well, you're not gonna have to do anything. Not alone, anyway. What if... what if I say somethin' to him? Tell him if he has a problem with you, he comes to me. And I'll tell him whatever bullshit he needs to hear to make himself feel better. 'Kay?
[ she reaches up to run her fingers through the ends of charlotte's hair, gently twining. ] Think of the contract as, like... a protection agreement. You've got me in your corner. So if you need to tap out and let me go into the ring for you, you can always do that. Don't think you have to fight alone 'cause you don't wanna make me mad. What I'd be more pissed about is findin' out later when I coulda done something to help you.