Firefly Glen One Hand, One Heart

He didn't answer her question at all, and for a second, she almost did go at him.  It wasn't rational in the least, but for a single instant, she was furious.  Luckily, she wasn't quite crazy enough to follow up on it, and instead she gritted her teeth and internalized it.  That.... would end well, and definitely wouldn't come back to bite them later.

On some level she knew she wasn't mad at him, and that did help.  She felt trapped, cornered, and what about the den had elicited that she couldn't begin to explain to him if she'd wanted to.  There were about a hundred different things it might have been, anyway;  she'd wanted to stay before, and it had been ruined.  She wanted to stay now, and she couldn't.  It was like every time it felt like she was getting close to something, something else came in and fucked it up, and this time was going to be no different.  She was upset, and sad, and furious, and all of it had settled on her the instant she was with him in the space she'd made for them.

Unfortunately, there was no way she'd ever say all that.  She barely knew it as she shoved it under and buried it.

Controlling that meant dipping once more into hiding behind indifference, and she slipped into that as she decided to forget her question and instead poke at whatever it was he'd set down.  She recognized it immediately.  Nice try, but I'm not losing it that quick,  she replied, trying to inject a little humor at least.

Whatever.  It didn't matter.  For a moment, she felt weirdly forlorn... and then she did pick it up, and without knowing where exactly he was, she whipped it in whatever direction  his voice had come from, almost before she knew what she was doing. 

 Psyche, she added a moment after, with a little snort, but something close to a smile.  She did feel slightly better.  She had no idea if she'd successfully hit him, but just chucking it had given a little bit of release.  Hopefully it didn't hurt it... but the thing felt sturdy enough.  Probably only broke if it knocked his thick skull.