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she stepped forward and hesitantly reached out towards the girl. was this real ?? god, she couldn’t TELL. her dreams had become so vivid over the last few weeks that she often woke up in tears. with a deep longing to be back within the world her mind had dreamt up. something so safe. so comforting. it felt like THIS. which terrified hattie more than anything. she didn’t want to wake up. not now. please let me have a few more minutes with her. PLEASE.
as she forced her way through the shock of the situation, hattie stepped forward again. doing her best to close the space between them. she wanted to gather her up in a hug and grip her close and keep her safe. because whatever had happened to her … whatever had happened to hattie … they could work through it together. they were, in a sense, HOME. even if any physical trace of that was gone. chin trembles as hattie closes more of the seemingly vast space between them. so much of her, for so long, had been CONVINCED that her entire family was gone. everyone who had raised her. everyone who had loved her. everyone she had helped look after. she was SURE they were gone. and yet …
❝ i’m real. ❞ to prove it to the younger girl, hattie reached out with one hand to gently curl her fingers around her free hand the moment she was close enough to be able to do so. it was a simple touch. a quick squeeze that resonated with them both. but she didn’t want to overwhelm her. not when they had just FOUND each other again. ❝ see ? ❞ she attempts a small smile too but it doesn’t reach her eyes. not many DO these days. ❝ you’re here. HERE of all fucking places. ❞ it had to mean SOMETHING. ❝ are you okay ?? god, del, i … i didn’t think i’d see you a-again. ❞
DELANEY HAD OFTEN heard the stories from the men and women of her camp — they were a lot of ruthless killers, and with that, came the simple fact that they had looked death in the eyes many times before. they had taken life like they were the reaper, the bringers of death and destruction, and many of them told eerie tales of their victims mouthing the names of lost ones as they passed — almost as if they could SEE their loved ones as their life was taken. delaney was witness to this phenomenon of the dead greeting the dying with open arms. hell, she’d been there once before too ! near-death, visions of her brothers and her cousins there to bridge the passageway to the other side. & oh, she wondered if this was what was happening here.
but as time passed by and the other spoke, it began to FINALLY sink in that this was her, this was hattie. even so, delaney felt a feeling of reluctance loitering within her soul — she was not the same girl as she once was. delaney was no longer the rebellious teenager who simply needed a bit of guiding or love. no, she was a malicious, manipulative, undeserving survivor who fought with bared and nails. any pretense of innocence that she may have had was long gone. it left the earth long ago, along with her brothers. she had CHANGED, she had grown into something ugly, something that she couldn’t claim to be proud of, especially not in front of hattie.
as the gap between them SLOWLY began to close and hattie reached out, delaney found herself flinching, fighting to not take a step back and run away. it wasn’t as simple as picking up where things left off and leaving the life she was now living. nevertheless, hattie remained that same, gentle soul that she had always been — the only CONSTANT in a life filled with adrenaline and chaos. she remained silent for a moment that seemed to last years, unsure of what to say and TERRIFIED that she’ll say something wrong. ❝ i didn’t think i’d ever see you again either. ❞ delaney nods, the words just BARELY making it out of her. eventually, delaney finds her own arms reaching out to hattie, wrapping around her TIGHTLY and pulling her into a hug. it feels like the closest thing to home that she’ll ever get, and a part of delaney never wants to let go. ❝ i missed you hattie, ❞ she begins to say, words getting caught in her throat as she tries to STEADY her breaths.
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noah could laugh — and he does, for a quick moment. is he? he’s been told that his entire life, though modesty has him react to it differently than any other boy his age. the faintest of a shy smile that he hides behind a sudden scrawl of lines across the canvas, letting the silence that her words has brought be lost to the sound of lead against parchment, the frantic flip of papers. “yeah, well –” noah shrugs, and he doesn’t mean to take his eyes off of delaney while he speaks but a small part of him feels that he needs to … for reasons that can easily be concealed by the most obvious one : he’s far too busy now. “– you can have the best of me, delaney. is that okay? you don’t mind?” it’s never really that easy, he knows, but while inspiration takes the hold of his shoulders and shakes him with a terrifying urgency, he also knows that there’d be no one else he can leave that to. “i trust you.”
three words that bring back the voice in his head, saying : stupid boy ! you are a stupid boy, หัวใจ ! but this is the one time that noah finds it to be so small, almost indiscernible. delaney takes up her space in his mind, that’s it — and he looks up at her, in awe. “the luckiest,” he says softly, momentarily caught off guard by how the light strikes her as she smiles … and he can’t be any more angry with himself for not finding an easier way to capture it. “your smile will kill me one day, you know that?” a short chuckle of amusement passes his lips, “you’re doing great — thank you, really. though …” lines of worry, the end of the pencil stuck between teeth. “ … i’m trying my best, but it’s just so hard to get you down on paper. you look like an angel and i don’t think i have the power to emulate that.”
THERE’S A BRIEF MOMENT of wonder — split between nervous smiles, tender hearts, and plain curiosity. her eyes track him carefully, much more tentatively than they watch anyone else ( well, except for sidney, of course ! ) a part of her worries over the words as silence and sounds of lead scratching on paper fill the empty space between them. she’ll never voice those concerns, though. the ones that cause heartache and anxiety — those are the thoughts and memories that she’d rather squeeze tightly to her chest. ❝ OF COURSE, ❞ delaney nods to the other. oh, of course she could never mind having the best of a good, genuine person. the best of him was maple bars and hot chocolate with whipped cream on top — it was simple and sweet, the very basics of what she craved. but she also didn’t want it to end there. she wanted all of him — the good and the bad. she didn’t mind. really, how could she ?
eyes take noah in as he says the words — I TRUST YOU. they’re as scary to her as the easter bunny ( she’s never liked that fuzzy fucker ), but she breathes them in calmly. perhaps its because she too trusts the source, or perhaps she’s lost her edge. whatever the answer is doesn’t matter because delaney takes note of one simple thing : SHE DOESN’T WANT TO RUN. not from this moment, not from this boy, and not from the responsibility that entails having one’s trust. she wants to keep it, nurture it like an injured bird. ❝ i trust you too, noah. ❞ & it doesn’t hit her, not truly, until AFTER she’s said the words, after they settle in the air. she truly means those words, with all her heart ! & she tries to hide it, she really does, but his soft words pull her back into a space she can’t get out of. cheeks pull back into a wide smile as they begin to turn pink with bashfulness. she does not deserve this kindness — not by a longshot ! but that doesn’t stop her from turning away, breaking her confident demeanor for something more demure. she hides her face for a moment, at least until the redness and blushing pass. ❝ thank you, REALLY, ❞ she nods. it takes EVERYTHING in her not to continue about everything wrong with her looks : how he’s only just being nice to her.
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it’s weird to hear her call him by his name — the last he’d heard of her it was mr. hall. their last rendezvous was late after class, all the girls in their short skirts were gone … except for her. working hard on the chemistry class she was failing. her words surprise him, brows raise. ❝ laney … ❞ he doesn’t quite know what to say. of course her would love to stay with her, anything to make her happy. he just doesn’t know how to say yes. ❝ my, uh, leader might get mad. ❞ he says with no real conviction. he’s sure she’s ready to kick him out anyways. he steps forward until they’re nearly pressed against each other before glancing out one of the windows. the sun has already set, and well … sidney is a coward. turning back to her, he takes in her features in the candlelight. ❝ and if i do stay? what then? ❞
GAZE REMAINS ON HER OPPOSITE as he says her name. there’s something in the way he says it that gets to her, brings her closer to him. delaney can feel it now as he takes a step forward ; the feeling of gravity pulling them together until there’s nothing but cloth separating them. it’s comforting to her, being in between lust, sex, and true connection without relying on the above. & really ? she can’t, for the fucking life of her, figure out why she feels so safe and secure being here with sidney hall of all people. ❝ sid, ❞ delaney repeats, eyes fixed on the other. she moves a hand up to his jaw, thumb circling over his cheek. ❝ i don’t want you out there. not alone. and i’m not going anywhere so, please just stay. ❞ eyes follow his gaze for a brief second, looking towards the fading light of the sunset. ❝ if you stay ? anything you want, ❞ the girl assures him ( so long as he wants her, of course ).
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HE IS SUPRISINGLY GENTLE. if there were one thing delaney would tell the girl back at home, it would be that. she remembers the moments split between group talks in the bathroom between classes and gossip-filled nights out on the town during the weekdays. it was all something that they would joke about, make silly bets about. mr. hall always exuded a certain masculinity and intelligence that was enviable, especially when all of the boys their own age were such assholes. it was easy to get lost in the dreams of what could happen, the what if’s and all swirling in their heads. the only difference ? well, none of those girls were alive anymore, only delaney. none of those girls were here, face to face with a man she now knew as sidney and nothing more. none of them got to share the space with him the way she did — & for that, she was lucky. ❝ sid . . . ❞ she speaks with a softness ; there is no smoke & mirrors behind it. ❝ you should stay here with me. at least until the sun is up. ❞ eyes glance around the room ; an empty, hollow house that once held a family now holds the two souls of two survivors. ❝ please, ❞ she is practically BEGGING him at this point, gaze slowly focusing back on gentle features.
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She stood in a dress that made her look like sin, and it was fitting that her eyes drifted like smoke above her red lips. There is no Hell that is more enticing than her, drag me beneath the flames.
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there’s a half empty pack of cigarettes in his pocket – he’s THAT kind of person ( and why wouldn’t he be ? with each smoke he has the pack dwindles down and there’s no FILLING in sight – someone should really get on that ) – that he fishes out as the question mark of a person approaches. sure, p r i d e f u l steps color the air with their sound and there’s a SLIGHT stench of iron in the air. soon enough his eyes turn to face the intruder and there she is: all glowing ANGEL coated in sin. a beautiful piece of poetry destined to be recited at some silly hall with people wearing cocktail dresses and suits – the kind of place elijah HATES. or hated, really, since it’s a rare sight to ever see someone looking half decent, especially when it comes to raiders. they’re a messy bunch, sure, but effective and he values the latter more than he’ll ever value cleanliness. fortunately, most of them actually b a t h e. a tiny blonde doesn’t seem to want to get under the water yet, however; there’s an air about her that oozes CONFIDENCE and d e l i g h t and he’s not sure he’s too keen on humoring her today. or any day. elijah sheperd isn’t exactly known for his SMILES; those few and far between glimpses of teeth behind tight lips. he finds little to smile about – rarely has. a cigarette is pressed between said lips and he delves in his pockets to find a lighter, wondering where THE FUCK he’s placed it now. a hard object on the front of his jeans answers the question; he produces a green lighter and uses it to light up the cigarette. ❝ no ? never ? ❞ he questions monotonously. human beings aren’t exactly known for their unyielding fealty and, though he himself is a man who displays an immense amount of it, he knows that as soon as this arrangement goes against his interests he’ll turn his back. fidelity is a devaluing form of currency, anyway. elijah shrugs, not interested in her answer. ❝ glad to know where your loyalty lies. remind me not to close my eyes around you, ❞ he breathes out smoke and, with the cigarette between his fingers, he gestures at her figure, ❝ especially if you look like THAT. what’d you do ? lose a game of hopscotch with a bunch of rotters ? ❞ elijah’s eyes study delaney for a minute as she QUESTIONS him about his composure. yes, he’s tense – he’s not about to tell her she’s RIGHT, though, but he might actually v e n t. he takes a puff off his cigarette and tilts his head. ❝ tell me something, blondie – if you were to get pregnant now, what would you do ? would you keep it ? ❞
CURIOUS AND CURIOUSER, the more delaney stands there, watching him, the more curious she becomes. there’s something in him that’s almost PATERNAL ; stern, yet familiar. there’s something in there that reminds delaney of her own father. he was a man who often tried to sound stern in his words, a steady force to be reckoned with. yet to those who were close to him, namely his own children, delaney’s father was a hollow shell of a man — a man who would often ask questions, not expecting or even wanting to listen to any of the answers she had to offer. & in this, there also came a certain comfort. a familiarity that delaney didn’t even realize she could miss ( to a certain extent, of course, since her true father was a real piece of work to deal with ). she watches as elijah lights a cigarette, the scent being something of a comfort these days. an odd sentiment to know and have, but delaney could recall her first cigarette and the memories tied to it ; underneath the football bleachers of the high school, a twelve-year-old delaney huddled up with the older kids, a pinnacle of youth. it was the beginning of the end, the start of a brand new chapter in her life — the chapter that charged her descent into the unknown. & here she is now, standing before a tangle of the unknown. between the raiders, the biters, and elijah, there were very few things which delaney could count on, and the only true constant within their lives, the only certainty, was the UNPREDICTABLE nature of it all. still, no matter how low she set her expectations for the conversation, delaney finds herself a bit shocked that elijah even bothered to say ANYTHING, really. she presses her back into the wall, leaning against it with her arms crossed over he chest. ❝ NEVER, ❞ delaney ensures the man. there’s no question in her mind on where her loyalties are, no need to second guess any bit of it. his comment deserves a short-lived string of laughter. she takes it like a COMPLIMENT, eyes looking over what she can see from her own image ; clothing soaked in blood, arms crusted in the now-sticky crimson. ❝ close, but no cigar. lost a game of simon says. i guess simon didn’t say, ‘kill the douche that’s trying to steal your shit,’ ❞ delaney lets out a sigh. for a moment, delaney just watches him watch her, and something in the moment clicks that there’s complexity behind the brooding killer, something deeper. ❝ well, if i got pregnant now . . . i don’t think i’d be able to keep it, ❞ delaney admits, eyes looking down. she can’t in good conscience do that to a baby, especially not when the only way she’d be getting pregnant is by her seduction escapades used to persuade men to join the camp. ❝ but that’s just because i’m young and i really don’t think anyone would help. really ? i think if i had people that cared, that could help me . . . i would keep them. ❞ it’s an evil world they live in, yes, but delaney was a firm believer in the idea that with enough love and support, any child could make it out alive and possibly even thriving. ❝ but like i said : that’s only if i had the people and the if the father could even. ❞ it’s an unspoken truth that delaney COUNTS on not being loved enough to ever be held to her word. ❝ what’s up sheperd ? you got a bun in your oven ? a little surprise for all of us here ? ❞ she jokes, hoping to lighten the mood the best she can, but something tells her that this isn’t a completely hypothetical situation.
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hattie didn’t want any issues. all she had wanted to do was gather supplies and go back to the brewery and SLEEP for awhile. because sleep was easy and she could shut her mind down for awhile and not think about all she had lost over the last ten months. but of course … her days could never go quite as she planned. not anymore. not with the dead wandering the streets and the LIVING just as dangerous if not worse.
a sigh passed her lips as she moved to hold her hands up; both entirely empty. there was something about the voice of the person around the corner that felt like HOME. but … it couldn’t be. because home was GONE and every little bit of comfort with it. she would never see her family again. no matter how much she HOPED she would.
❝ i don’t have a weapon in my hands … ❞ she moved to turn the corner; wiggling her fingers so the other person could see that they were ENTIRELY empty. though the second she raised her eyes to seek out the girl, she FROZE. no. it couldn’t be her. her mind was playing TRICKS on her again. she was seeing what she wanted to see. hattie had been so desperate for the comforts of home lately, that everything before her was her broken mind attempting to give that to her. RIGHT ?? she could hardly breathe. for what felt like years, hattie simply stared. blinking. lips parted. hands still raised. finally, she managed to find her VOICE. though it was WEAK. ❝ d-delaney ? ❞
IT’S NOT JUST THE VOICE, its everything about the other : from the outline of her silhouette to her footsteps and the overall energy she felt. it was HOME, a distant memory of makeovers, dresses, high heels, and seemingly endless nights spent talking to each other about just about everything. it was all a piece of delaney that was so imbedded in her soul that she could never forget them, not even if she tried. yet as familiarity seemed to strike and reality came reigning down to snap her out of her trance, the young blonde found herself STILL trying to PUSH away the thoughts and memories as far as she could. she suppressed them, holding them back with her finger on the trigger, ready to SHOOT.
& the more she stood there and the more the person’s image became as clear as day, delaney felt something strange happen. slowly, he hands began to tremble, body stiff and unmoving, and voice unable to say a single word. whatever semblance of innocence she was holding onto was gone the moment she held the gun up to her cousin and came mere seconds away from shooting her own cousin.
there’s a crack in her voice as she tries to say SOMETHING, anything really to prove to hattie that this is really her, this is delaney. her hand slowly drops to her side, gun lowering ever so cautiously and finger no longer hovering over the trigger like her life depended on it. instead, there’s a certain softness about her aura that hasn’t been there since the day the apocalypse started. it hasn’t been there since the day she was FORCED to kill her own brothers off one by one. ❝HATTIE, ❞ delaney managed to push out of her lungs, the words were no more than a breathless whisper. her head tilted to the side, eyes shutting tightly for just a moment before opening again. ❝ you better be real. ❞
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Kelly barely caught Delaney’s little sigh, but she heard enough to know to shut her mouth and just say yes. She wasn’t much for surprises — scaredy-cat that she was — but how could she turn down a little something from Delaney?
“No!” she insisted, matching the blonde’s pace. “Sorry, just… Surprises make me nervous.” Most things made her nervous. Not Delaney though, she could take care of herself. Kelly wasn’t built like that.
THERE ARE MOMENTS that delaney forgets that not everyone has been hardened to the extent of her or her other friends. there are moments that she needs to remind herself that innocence is not completely gone, that there are still people out there who are able to maintain gentle, kind souls. she keeps this in mind, nodding her head empathetically to the other’s words. ❝ alright, alright. i’ll keep that in mind, ❞ delaney says, nodding once again. ❝ so there’s this little convenience store in town and normally there isn’t much but today i found THIS, ❞ delaney said with awe and amazement. she pulled out a small glass bottle of nail polish from her pocket, the vibrant reds EFFORTLESSLY catching her eye. ❝ it hasn’t even been opened. i don’t know if you’re into this kind of stuff, but it wouldn’t hurt to offer it up. ❞
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her comment earns a boyish laugh out of him. oh, he’s heard that one before … but he has yet to react to it with irritability or resentment. perhaps, it’s because he couldn’t understand why he would ever be fought over but he is well aware of how sentiments of the negative kind are not something that he is ( fully, at least ) capable of. it isn’t in his nature and he glances over at delaney from where he sits, sketchbook sprawled over his lap and tapping a pencil against it relentlessly, lips pursed. “if it makes you feel any better, there’s not that many girls that i know around boulder.” he doesn’t want to perpetuate the idea of violence … and well, girls against other girls ( sabrina’s voice rings in his ear : ‘ mom thinks i’m fighting hyemi over some guy like, you couldn’t be any more sexist, mom. ’ ) but he’s here for delaney, and one thing he’s gotten very good at was to be there for her regardless if the thoughts of other friends come to him.
“i think you even have an advantage,” he leans back against the wall, turning back to the sketch before him. lines littering the page, messy, but noah should know that even if his reference is a beauty, that it is never really easy to start. “i don’t draw anyone else but you.” he flashes a small smile. “does that mean you automatically win?”
IT DIDN’T HURT, but it also didn’t help. a part of her felt like it was only a way to ease the pain of the certain denouement that was sure to come. delaney was a pitstop, nothing more. girls like delaney were often mere stops in the road, places to see and find exactly what you DIDN’T want in a friend or even a lover. she knew this, she had been told this by people her whole life, especially by those whose opinions she truly trusted. if all of that reigned true, she supposed that she wouldn’t mind being nothing more than a stepping stone for a guy like noah. she could only WISH that if she were just that, then noah would learn to surround himself with better people, not girls like her or people like her. ❝ you’re the best, noah. ❞ delaney resigns whatever worries she may have for noah to SILENCE, kept under lock and key. he doesn’t need to know the true depth of anxiety she feels in regards to her own self-worth. he shouldn’t have to.
❝ well, aren’t i just the LUCKIEST gal in all of boulder ? ❞ the girl jokes with a warm smile. really, she is lucky to be here with noah, to momentarily have his full attention. if the sentiment of her being the only girl he draws was true . . . well, that would really be something. but trust issues force her to question the validity of it all, wonder if noah is simply trying to save face and tell her pretty white lies to mitigate her descent into darkness. still, she couldn’t escape the feeling of SUPERIORITY over all of the girls, accomplishment filling her soul. a smile tugged at her lips, cheeks sore from how long she held it. as much as she loathed admitting it, delaney was the type of person who vied for that constant attention and affection. luckily for her, noah was in the business of giving it out, free of charge. ❝ hey, by the way, am i�� doing this right ? i’ve always heard that you were supposed to stay still and stuff. should i even be talking ? ❞ the girl questioned.
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“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
Alexandre Dumas
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all of us, even the softest, have become callused.
the harmless have become ruthless, the warm have become cold.
the sensitive and fragile grew thicker skin with every degrading word thrown at them, every touch that was unwanted, and every waking moment their voice was silenced.
the sweet little girl in all of us remains, but she’s hiding and for good reason;
we pray they don’t see any trace of innocence and mistake it for obedience.
after all, the best defense is a good offense;
and no one but ourselves are here to protect us.
i wonder if this is bad, all the things we have become,
or if it’s the start of a revolution.
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out of everything, medical supplies still seemed to be plentiful. if you knew where to LOOK. every time she ventured out to ensure that their tiny infirmary remained well stocked, she always went back with at least half a bag full. she had never tried the pharmacy though because she often KNEW that would have been the first place people went if they needed anything. but her usual places were pretty picked through now and though there weren’t many survivors at the brewery, hattie preferred having a surplus incase they gained MORE.
so the pharmacy was her next best bet. but getting into the pharmacy was proving DIFFICULT. the door was chained shut. there had to be a SIDE door. or a back one. something she could break into somewhat easier. if it was locked down so well … maybe that meant there was MORE in there than she had ever imagined.
she was focused on finding the back door when she spotted someone at the end of the alleyway. they looked alive. but it was always so hard to TELL. ‘ h-hey … ’ it was stupid to call out. but what if they needed HELP? ‘ are you okay? ’ her gun was easily accessible if this ended up being the worst idea she’d ever had.
FREEDOM IS ESSENTIAL, even in the midst of an outbreak. that was the primary reason for why she chose to be a gatherer — it gave delaney the chance to venture out on her own, be a part of a camp, and force any and all social interactions upon herself. it was a way to push her boundaries while still maintaining some sense of safety and home, and most of all, she was just lucky that joe gave her the freedom to be out as much as she was.
that’s how and why she found herself out now, traveling the roads alone, searching buildings for any survivors that she deemed USEFUL. it was an easy way to distract and keep her idle mind busy so that she wouldn’t have to focus on what she’d already lost and what could still be.
yet as she wandered down the alleyway, feet lazily dragging on the ground, delaney couldn’t help but find herself getting lost in daydreams & fairytales — a familiar voice pulling her further and further away from reality. it’s false hope tied together with a string on top. IT’S NOT REAL. still, she finds herself walking toward the voice, knife in hand and prepared to defend herself should she need to. ❝ you’ve got about five seconds to come out with your hands up in the air before i get real sick & tired of this hide and seek bullshit, ❞ delaney warned, eyes squinting with immense concentration.
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( shcperd. )
he’s placed himself in a v u l n e r a b l e position, he knows. such is the DANGER of shocking news. he’s going to be a father. he’s going to be a father and all he can think about is the last time his hands squeezed the life out of another man, and the recent event in which someone else’s blood painted him from head to toe. he still remembers the taste of it; copper, salty, not entirely unpleasant. he’s been a wolf for as long as he can remember – a wolf who defends his own, sure, but a wolf still. and how can a WOLF with blood-stained teeth hold a child ? how can he even touch one without shattering it – without letting his sins spill onto fragile flesh ? claire CLEARLY hasn’t thought this through. there’s a target on his back the size of colorado itself and now he’s supposed to…to WHAT, exactly ? pretend the blood and the rust and the brutality never happened ? yeah, right. that feat seems impossible even for the next lifetime, let alone this one. elijah sheperd is not a good man. not a soft man. not a sweet man. he’s not a man built for keeping tiny creatures safe; his hands are too large for that – the claws can’t help but dig in. and now…now there’s a miniature version of him, of claire, on the way, and all he can think of is the BLOOD, and how death pays for death and how he’s delivered enough of it that quite a few people would like to come and collect. he doubts murdering a baby is beyond them. he’s lost in his thoughts. he’s D I S T R A C T E D. a crocodile that sleeps is bound to become someone’s handbag, and a hunter could have very well just come into range. the footsteps sell them out. he doesn’t bother turning to face them, but instead offers: ❝ if you’re here for joe’s head, you fucked up. i’m not babysitting today. ❞
ITS A RARE THING to see the blood of another caked onto the blonde’s hair. on most days, she’s damn near squeaky clean, an ANGELIC GLOW often illuminating for her in comparison to the other survivors. its something that she prides herself on, something that she RELIES on in order to attract the right kind of attention ( she learned early on that men wanted to protect something, they wanted to feel STRONG ), but lately it’s beginning to seem like the blood’s been tainting her skin and clothes more often than not and quite frankly ? delaney isn’t exactly sure these days. a part of her loves the thrill of it all, and another hates the fact that BLOOD is so difficult to get out of her clothes. moreover, she remembers the days that behavior like this would be cause for concern, but now, all its only reason to raise a drink to the fallen, the fighters, and most of all, THE VICTORIOUS. it was a time for animals, a time for the sinners to finally rise and take over the breast of society — and as she walked the length of the pearl street mall, raiders surrounding her — SHE FELT POWER. that is, up until she heard the familiar voice of their local guardian angel, elijah sheperd. there was something about him that both TERRIFIED her, yet also intrigued her. for the most part, she kept her distance, watching from afar and never getting too close, but today, she felt particularly empowered, and she SIMPLY could not pass up the opportunity to take the bait. ❝ joe’s head ? i would never be here for joe’s head, sheperd, ❞ delaney commented. ❝ besides, if joe died i’d probably ditch this fucking place, ❞ she muttered, eyes glancing around the room. really, he was one of the few things left that made pearl street WORTH it, and she truly did appreciate it ( no matter how much she did sass him ). arms crossed over her chest as her gaze finally settled on the man, a distant and uneasy feeling overwhelming her. ❝ i should probably be leaving this to kelly to take care of since i’m shit at this type of stuff, but are you alright ? you seem a lot more . . . tense than usual. ❞
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❝ i’ll be right next to you. ❞ ( from noah ! i am: late but ilu
i am later than u r wow i love u 2
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