irretrievabledelicacy:

“No, I’m expecting you to drop the attitude. I do not respond well to commands, you see. And you most certainly do not hold the authority of bossing me around.”

"Fair point.” Anything to have that dreadful
thing point another way. It really felt like she
was cheating; with the gun out of the picture,
he could’ve easily taken her. She wouldn’t
even have posed a threat; the gun did. “Take
it as a plea, then.”