𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 to call them, the dreams did not cease for those who drew no breath. instead of coming to them when the moon was high, they accompanied them in walking like; when all too tired, the mind enjoyed welcoming the ghosts of their past to join them. whispering familiarity: seething agony.
❝ ——— it’d be easy if we were meant to forget, ❞ he speaks; beyond their view, the sky begins to light. but carlisle’s eyes do not reach it. they linger upon pale flesh of his hands, bidding farewell to the apparitions of his past, in order to carry her’s.
❝ but nobody ever forgets, rose. they can pretend, & that’s all.. ❞ a moment. it’s a hopeless thought, isn’t it ? to leave her with that would be cruel. gaze travels toward her, a careful hand raising, waiting permission, before settling on a wave of golden hair. fingers caressing the locks of her hair, nursing comfort from the girl. ❝ it’s harder on your own. it’s easier when you have a soul to share it with. ❞
memory her biggest enemy , the largest contributor to the 𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 surrounding weathered psyche . snippets of a night long passed , one unable to be 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 . 〝 pretending seems ineffective . i TRY , but it never helps much . 〞 a hum of syllables , gaze downcast . 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗 adorning features , sunrise regarded with an odd fondness . hues flit , past bleeding into present as touch dances ‘cross aurelian locks .
she’d once been 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 of his status as an angel , sent to save her from the 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩 she’d been left in . it wasn’t long before such thoughts were abandoned , damned to spend eternity in 𝑀𝑂𝑈𝑅𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺 of a life unlived . 〝 finding a soul like that seems harder than anything else . i’m convinced 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 〞