Broken Antler Fen sagebrush

She was frustrated with Teya for the way she drew back, but she was frustrated with herself too. This wasn't in any way what she'd been hoping to achieve here. Clearly she'd done something wrong, somewhere along the line, if just pressing this much was causing so much distress.

Look, forget about it. She'd already said what she wanted to, and she couldn't do much more than that. This wasn't worth losing anything over. Maybe, one day she'd earn that trust, but it obviously wasn't going to be today.

Don't... she was about to say 'leave' but stopped herself. This entire thing had started because she'd asked Teya not to do something. She didn't really have the right to do that, and she couldn't do a second round right now. If Teya needed a break then she could take one. Fucking hell, Bridget had stepped in it this time, hadn't she?

It was just more avoiding anyway. She still wasn't sure she understood exactly what she'd done to upset Teya so badly. Nevermind. Bridget looked at her for a moment, then made the call to stop while she was ahead. If you change your mind, I'm here. This last bit was a little softer.

She could have used a break too, maybe, but she'd lost her appetite for it. She wasn't sure why, but Teya's sudden mistrust of her hurt a hell of a lot more than she'd expected even in coming here. She wasn't really sure what to make of that.