( i come with knives. )

DIANA parker? HARLAND | 21 I learned not to believe what people say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that everyone is capable of ‘living a lie’. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.

[itsharland]

callmecassanova‌.

Patrick almost smiles at her near compliment, but he can’t bring himself to give her a full grin. Thinking of Blair always made him this way. She drained him. Having Diana, however, had been surprisingly therapeutic. Seeing her reminded him of Thomas, and Thomas gave him something to live for, to fight for. “Back at ya, Harland.”

“So I was thinking,” she says, knowing he needs something to lift his spirits up, or at the very least distract him, from his encounter with Blair. “The song I’ve been working on this week could use a harmony. Wanna help me out?”

[itsharland]

motherandcommander‌.

She shrugged. “Because you don’t really want the answer.”

“I do, actually. Wouldn’t have asked for it if I didn’t.”

[itsharland]

motherandcommander‌.

Violet shook her head. “I didn’t miss it. I just didn’t want to answer it.”

“Why not?” Diana asks, though she has a feeling she might know the answer.

[itsharland]

callmecassanova‌.

He smirks at her question. Just weeks ago, he had practically hated her and now they were confidants. It was strange how the world worked. “Been thinking about it ever since she showed up, but I think that I’m good for the time being.”

Diana can’t put a finger on when Patrick stopped feeling so antagonistic towards her. All she knows is that their opinions of each other have changed a great deal in their time here, and she thinks she might be happy about it. “Good. Finding another person to talk to in this nuthouse would take way too much time.”

[itsharland]

motherandcommander‌.

Her face hardens. “He misses you. He lost two of the three people he was used to seeing every day all at once. But Sam and Lip have been helping me with him.”

“Yeah.” Another wave of guilt swamps her, and she looks down at her hands. She wasn’t good for Thomas - for anyone - but she knew how it felt to be left alone. “You missed a question, though.”

[itsharland]

callmecassanova‌.

He smirks. “I dunno. Probably a question for them.”

Diana chuckles. Probably. Doubt I’ll bring it up, though. Still actively trying to die over there?”

[valkubusqueen]

[lyriceditsdaily]

dirty laundry // all time low

[itsharland]

motherandcommander‌.

“That makes two of us.”

“...how are you? How’s Thomas?”

[itsharland]

callmecassanova‌.

“Pretty sure we’re just supposed to tell them how we feel.”

“And what am I supposed to tell them if I don’t feel anything?”

[itsharland]

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to talk about.”

[dailydextergifs]

I don’t understand how men can be so stupid.

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[clintbartons]

[itsharland]

watsonsings

Oh, this should be rich. Fine, Di. If not for her, then who?

I did it for the fuckin’ kid, okay, Lip? I did it for Thomas.

[itsharland]

motherandcommander

I know you’re just saying these things to push me away, and I’m not going to let you.

No, I’m saying it ‘cause it’s the truth. I’m like poison. I ruin everything, so you and Thomas should just -- stay the fuck away.

[itsharland]

callmecassanova

That kind of kinky ain’t really my cup of tea.

No? ‘Cause you run around with the Peterson chick, and she looks like she would kill someone just for kicks, so I figured, dot dot dot, you know?