“A Working Relationship”

100 Words: Tell us about an unusual way to express your love.

“Sweety,” Chrys said, suddenly frozen. “If I said there was an enchanted Yao Ren scorpion on your shoulder, what would you say?”
“Um –” Roger was still. “I’d hope it was a punchline to an old family joke?”
“Don’t – move –” Her left hand slowly dipped into a slacks pocket. The scorpion twitched.
“Bad angle,” Chrys muttered, then her hand snapped forward. The thrown blade took the scorpion dead-center. It vanished in a green flash and a whiff of copper.
Roger exhaled in a slow shudder. “I love you, honey.”
She smiled, thinly, a gleam in her eyes. “You better.”