AUSTIN FOSTER

22 | Possession

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kristenxparrish·:

“Why does everyone think that The Rising Power is the one to blame?” Kristen asked, no one in particular, as she took a sip of her drink. “The government is the one that dragged all of us here. They are keeping us hostage here. We aren’t allowed to leave. They are the ones that started it. Do they really expect us to do as they say and be perfect little pets and not want to fight against the rules?”

“I think people are blaming them because of the damage they’ve caused.” He shrugs. “You might want to be careful of how much you say out loud, they might think you’re part of them.”

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jenn-fords:

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Jenn almost dropped all her belongings when someone’s voice appeared out of the darkness. She assumed it would be a guard and that she should head on her way, but that wasn’t the case. “Hi, I uh, was working. They needed me to stay an extra hour at the hospital.” Jenn replied with a small smile. 

Austin couldn’t shake the fact that she bore a striking resemblance to Larissa. Perhaps not completely, but he had almost mistaken the woman for his childhood sweetheart. “Oh, um, I’m sorry. I thought you were --” He shakes his head, a goofy smile drawing attention to his features. “Do you want a hand? It's dark and you never know who's lurking about.” He asks, gesturing to the load in her hands.

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summerxxjacobs:

Summer wasn’t used to breaking the rules with Austin. With Max, sure. But with Austin? No. Nerves caused her stomach to clench as she followed Austin deeper into the woods. “But the government keeps us safe, Austin.” Summer whispered as she tip toed through the woods. “Of course it’s beautiful. I love being outside, you know that.” Her voice was low as her hands brushed against the nearest tree. Summer took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. She loved the smell of the dew on the grass and the fresh smell of the dirt and the trees. “Austin, if they catch us, they’re going to think we’re up to something.” She chewed on the inside of her cheek.

Austin had to hold back any remarks he wanted to make at the praise of the government. Mostly in retaliation, as if it were an argument he wanted to win. “If you say so, Summer.” He replies, without another word because he doesn’t want to argue with her at all. Not her, not ever. “If they catch us, I’ll possess the guard and you can escape... chill out, it’s all going to be fine.” He says as though it’s the most normal thing in the world; possession, escaping, guards. “I want to be out here with you. I feel like we rarely get to spend time together anymore.”

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samanthahollings:

Sam had been sitting down in her living room watching a tv series on netflix when there was a knock on the door, she’d get up slowly making the person on the other side wait a few seconds before she’d opened the door. “Yeah it is actually.” she’d chuckle softly before a smile made its way to her lips. “Yeah, you’ve come up a few times in conversations.” she’d shake her head as she continued to laugh at the other. “Are you alright?” she’d raise an eyebrow at the other before meeting his gaze. “Do you want to come inside for a bit?”

Austin could only hope that whatever had been said about him was pleasant enough for Samantha to welcome him into the flock with open arms. “Sure, yeah.” He replies, already trying to get a foot in the door. Mostly because he doesn’t want Larissa to see that he’s sought out her friend in hopes of gaining information on her. “I just wanted to introduce myself officially. I heard you guys were pretty close, so I only thought it was right. I wasn’t interrupting you, was I?”

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Top 4 people in LG you want to possess?

“Max Parker, Jared Hawley, Natalie Anderson and Jace Murphy. All for different reasons, some perhaps more selfish than others.”

@healer-max @jaredxhawley @natvlic @jace-murphy

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lcrissa:

Larissa wanted to hold his hand forever, and somehow be transported back to when they were children – innocent, with no way of knowing what would happen when she turned sixteen. She wanted to be skipping through the woods, hand in hand, and play fighting against trees that if you squinted hard enough became ogres in armour. Pretending she was some warrior princess and he was her knight.. that was the best time of her life. Now the wars were real, and people were falling to the enemy around her. It wasn’t make believe any more, and if only she’d known that, maybe she wouldn’t have almost willingly come to Grimstone. “You really think that?” She asked, as she kept her eyes on the stars above. “I don’t think we’ll ever get to go home. My friend… Flynn.. he said he was going to get us out of here, or at least try. I hope he still will, but it’s a never ending battle.” It wasn’t as if Larissa was even a threat, she was simply abnormal and a miracle. She stood in silence for awhile, feeling the heat coming from their entwined hands, before she listened to him whisper words she’d only heard once before from Austin. Turning slowly to face him, she looked at him with apprehension. “I’m – what?”

“Your friend, Flynn... will. I’m sure of it.” Austin says because he can’t bring himself to promise her that he’ll be the one to relinquish her from the pain of this town. He can try, and by the gods he will, but he would throw his life down on the line for Larissa Colbert and he knew that would be the death of him. He watches her still, while her gaze is still upon the stars. His eyes pierce into the darkness, observing the small movements of her neck and his hand trembles under her touch. It’s the first time since he arrived into this hell that he, firstly, feels at home and secondly, feels happy. Complete happiness, because here’s Larissa and here he is. He waits for her to meet his eyes and notices the apprehensiveness in her tone, complied with the beauty in the detail of her features. Suddenly, he’s not terrified. “You heard me.” He replies, simply. “You’re beautiful.” Then he remembers the reason he’s scared in the first place. “If Jared, or whatever his name is, doesn’t tell you that everyday then you’re suffering an injustice, Rissa.”

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indiaxkim:

“Of course you don’t like them,” India replied. Because why would Austin like something that she did? If that ever happened, the earth would teeter right off of its axis, the seas would burn up, and dinosaurs would walk the earth again: they disagreed; it was the only thing they had in common. “Well, don’t want to risk throwing off the entire universe,” she quipped, reaching up with her hand, obscuring her vision of a few stars for a moment. When she took her hand down, the gauzy light around a few of the stars now shone a deeper purple than it had. “I just changed some gasses around,” she said. “No harm done.”

Austin glances at her, before he moves his gaze to the stars above to witness her work. He wishes that he has a power that was more than just possession, a mutation that gives him the opportunity to create beautiful views as India had done with the stars. “I bet anyone in the next town over from Lake Grimstone is probably freaking out right now,” he laughs. If there even was another town over the hills. On bad days, he believes that they’ve been plucked from their world and placed in an entirely new one. “It’s incredible though. What you can do. Consider me jealous. I mean, it's not as good as possessing people, but it's up there.” 

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for ( @samanthahollings )

Austin remembers telling her that he’s not in love with her, because he’s not. But he is. Larissa Colbert has had a hold on his heart for much longer than he’s ready to admit to anyone, let alone himself. This is why he finds himself three doors down at Samantha’s house, wondering what’s so fantastic about the woman that had replaced him as Larissa’s best friend. He doesn’t mind, but he’s curious. Once the door opens, he takes a moment to stare at the blonde, noting that she indeed a pretty woman; and bares some resemblance to his ex-girlfriend. That, on the other hand, made him coy. “Hey, it’s Sam, right?” He asks, with his hands stuffed into the pockets of his coat. “I’m the guy from Larissa’s hometown. I don’t know if she mentioned me? Austin Foster?”

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lcrissa:

Larissa smiled, however briefly, as he spoke about his father and she remembered exactly the type of the man he was. Whenever she’d pay a visit to the Foster household, she’d remember being terrified of even setting foot in the same room as him – always feeling sympathy for his mother. Reaching to her side, she held his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, trying to remind him that he wasn’t there any more. He didn’t have to face that demon, and she was here by his side. “I’m sorry you had to go through that, Aus. You destroyed that part of your life though, the minute you possessed him into leaving. You don’t have to go back there, I hope you know that.” Even if he did, what are the chances they’d be able to actually go back to that dreaded town of theirs? “You’d wait for me? I hope it wasn’t for long. I know I’m ridiculous at timekeeping,” she laughed as well, trying to ease the darkened atmosphere. “I remember meeting you under the moonlight and listening to you brag about Stacey. That’s probably why I was always late,” she teased. “That, and I spent too much time looking up at the moon and stars. They’re beautiful.” She looked up at the night, wishing she could fly away from Grimstone and return back to those woods. 

Her touch brings the butterflies to a pause, caught in the moment he’s wanted for so long. It comforts him and he returns the squeeze with more pressure because he’s not ready to let her go yet. He wants to keep her there, for his own selfish pleasure all the while knowing that it would end; it will end. “I’m never going back to that stint in time. But I will go back home ... one day. We both will.” He states casually, deciding to pretend that he doesn’t know Larissa has built a life for herself here. Despite that, he prays when the time comes she’ll return with him, because he isn’t Austin Foster without Larissa Colbert. As the name Stacey was brought into the conversation, he rolls his eyes and shakes his head. “Yeah, she was something else. How could I not brag about her?” His second love was something else, yet despite his optimistic tone, he felt anything but that about his first relationship. He fell in line, taking a glance at the distant moon before he looks at Larissa with a longing for something indescribable. “You’re beautiful,” he whispers, without realising. He can feel his palms beginning to sweat again, but he can’t be drawn away from her as he watches her examine the sky above them.

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harlcyhunt:

“i got restless.” harley answered honestly, thankful to see austin and not one of the assistant directors, or someone that would force him home. “i usually have my dog, but he’s staying at my exes and i re-learned the knowledge i don’t do well in my room on my own… so a walk it was. why are you coming for a midnight walk?”

Austin can relate, knowing the feeling of restlessness all too well. “I like the peace and quiet,” he admits. “It’s much better than when these woods are filled with little mutants running around in the day.” He leans against a tree, folding his arms and settling into the trunk before he asks: “Do you want to walk around together for awhile? We can talk about things, it might help you become less restless?” He would only offer because he was fond of Harley, he seemed genuine which was something that was hard to come across in Lake Grimstone.

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jonathanlund:

Jonathan rolled his eyes as the guard approached him. Not this again. “Don’t worry, I’m not trying to escape again. I’m going to leave that for a while considering what happened last time.” He crossed his arms and eyed the other male up and down. “Is it just guards that get to go on midnight walks? Because curfew doesn’t affect you lot? Or can I at least carry on but with you if that’s completely necessary?”

“I think you’ve got me confused with someone else,” he replies. Austin wonders, intrigued, as to the details of the last time this stranger tried to escape. Unfortunately, he seemed unsuccessful ... he was unsuccessful. “I’m not a guard. I’m a man who wants freedom as much as you it seems.”

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indiaxkim:

Matter was tricky. India didn’t just KNOW who everyone was around town before seeing them… but there were some people with whom she had spend so much time that she knew what they felt like. She could always sense matter around her –– moving, shifting, pulsing in and out. Austin just happened to be one of the people she could pick out in the dark, and therefore, she didn’t feel the need to turn around when she’d felt him coming close. She did glance over her shoulder when he spoke, however, offering him a smile in the moonlight. “Just practicing,” she said. “Did you know that I can play with stars?”

“I don’t like stars,” he says, “They remind me that this isn’t some bad dream.” Austin shrugs, as he recounts every dream he’s experienced beginning with a blank canvas of dark blue. However, he tilts back his head to observe the shining specks that light up the night sky. He does like stars, truthfully, but almost as much as he likes his own freedom. “Show me what you can do.”

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jackson--norris:

“I could say the same thing.” Jackson replied to the male, in the darkness of the night it took him a few seconds longer to recognize who the voice belonged too. “Yeah… I was making sure no one was getting in to trouble and keeping their curfew.” Being a teacher meant that Jackson had a little more slack, but not too much. 

“Oh, well I hate to disappoint you but I think I’m getting into trouble.” Austin hums, walking forward until he’s parallel with Jackson. “Why’re you out here? Isn’t it a guard’s job to come and round up the lambs for the slaughter?”

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summerxxjacobs:

“I am.” Summer nodded as she glanced towards her friend. “I was actually here to try to talk you out of going on that midnight walk.” She smirked before chewing on the inside of her cheek as she approached Austin. “You always have me worried with these walks, considering how curfew is at ten.”

To hear she worries brings a smile to his features and he’s thankful that Summer is the one to find him in the dead of night. Even if he has to maintain that he doesn’t hold an affection for her. “It looks like you’ve failed, because here we are.” He teases. “Curfew, smurfew. You need to live outside of the rules every once in awhile to know that you’re alive and not some sheep falling in line with whatever this government says. Don’t you think it’s beautiful out here at night?”

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natvlic:

Natalie needed an escape. And unfortunately, walking outside of the big border shaped door to Grimstone wasn’t a viable option to take – instead she would find solace in the bottom of the bottle as usual. Her only vice that was considered legal within the walls of her solitary confinement. However, tonight had been different. She’d drank too much, suppressing every feeling she could until she was numb and felt nothing. Yet … she wanted to feel something. It was confusing, and the redhead found herself placing her lips to every male in sight; consuming the bitter taste of alcohol on their mouths while pushing the limits on how far she’d proceed in terms of intimacy. 

Despite her state, she had exited the club with her virginity still intact – most likely disappointing those who believed Natalie Anderson was anything but. However, she wasn’t walking in the direction of her house, she was heading towards Oakwood in search of comfort from a friendlier face than Cassandra or Jay. Although, it was late and the chances of them being awake was slim. That thought never crossed her mind though, and she continued taking stumbling steps down the darkened path.

She hadn’t been walking long before she heard footsteps coming behind her. Coming to a halt under a streetlamp, she breathed heavily out of nerves, before her fears were confirmed as she was captured by a stranger and dragged into the darkness once more. She was too intoxicated to put up a real focused fight, and instead she made do with clenching her hands into fists and beating the arm around her figure while trying to scream – however her throat was too dry to produce such volume needed to alert. It was only when she noticed the guard walking in the near distance that she quietened down, she didn’t need that attention – of course, she could find a way to talk her way around why she was out past curfew with her power, blame it on the dark knight behind her. If it was Logan though, she wouldn’t stand a chance – after all, he was the only person she couldn’t manipulate. 

Once he spoke that she relaxed, slightly, and twisted her head around to get a closer look at him. It took her a moment to recognise him, but he was in the woods with her. She’d given him mathematical knowledge, if she remembered correctly. She noted that it was probably a good thing he’d been the one to locate her — or so she had originally thought. Her mind trailed off to questions of why he had been following her, and there was only two answers that sprung to mine. He had had the same plan as her, he was heading home or he was here to escort her back. However, she didn’t exactly remember Austin residing in Oakwood. 

“Thanks,” she mumbled, too overwhelmed at the situation to show much gratitude. Once she had composed herself, she was able to smile for a brief moment. “I just didn’t hear them.. or you, actually.” Narrowing her eyes, she stared at him with a hint of intrigue. “What are you… Why…” Her mind couldn’t fathom the words, any words for that matter. Suddenly, she felt tired – clearly that was too much excitement for the intoxicated teenager. “Don’t worry,” she said, coherently. “These guards love me, I’d be… I’d be fine. You can leave now, Mr. Foster. Unless you wanted something from me, but I should warn you –” She grimaced, leaning in closer with glazed over eyes. “If you kiss me, you’ll never want to stop.”

“You’re special to me, Natalie Anderson.” Austin admits, however he doesn’t explain himself. He questions whether he would be able to without sounding like he was replacing his younger sister for a newer upgraded model, which was the last thing he wants to do. However, what he doesn’t know is what exactly the girl in front trying to hide and why. All he knows is that he really wishes he wasn’t here right now. For a much different reason than before. If she really is planning on making a break for it then he wants no part in knowing. He’ll have no choice but to really drag her back if that’s the case and he isn’t fond of that idea. It’s not like he’s some monster, after all. He’s just trying to survive in this world and protect those who cannot protect themselves. Especially from the ones dressed with firearms.

“Cut the shit, red.” He shuts her down with a roll of his eyes and a small shake of his head. “I don’t know what you’re planning or who belongs in Oakwood, but I’m willing to escort you safely home if you turn around right now and come back with me.” He explains. It’s obvious that she isn’t going to the ‘employee sector’ to return to her residence because, for one, she’s not an employee and, if she were, she wouldn’t be worried about a curfew, or at least thanking him for saving her ass.

“C’mon.” He urges. “I’ll take you back to mine and we’ll see if Aislinn is up. I’m sure she’d love a girly chat.” He adds as a persuasion attempt. Still, he doesn’t move because he’s waiting for Natalie to do it first. He isn’t about to turn his back and let her take off. For all he’s aware, she may be stealthy as fuck, despite her recent performance, and he could be shit out of luck. Plus, he doesn’t really feel like running, or chasing someone down rather. he’s more than exhausted. “If we could move this along a little faster, that’d be awesome. I’d like to get a little rest before I have to get up and save you again.” He tells her. He isn’t necessarily trying to be harsh with her, but he’s sick of playing this game already.

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lcrissa:

“I like to come out here sometimes. It reminds me of home, you know.” Larissa said, as she walked alongside him. It’d been awhile since she’d allowed herself the pleasure of visiting Austin, so when she noticed him walking past her house and towards the woods, she found herself following him without even a slight doubt in her mind. “I used to love the woods.“

The male’s watching her with caution brewing among his hues, as he walks beside her with a slower pace; allowing Larissa to take lead on their path. He’s wondering if she can tell that his palms are clammy and the butterflies have swarmed in his stomach to teach him a lesson for thinking that he could erase whatever he felt for the dark haired beauty. “I understand that. Completely, actually. I remember when I used to run in woods like these ... when my father would beat me, I would just escape to the comfort of the trees and scream,” he laughs uneasily, “And I’d wait for you.”