| closed text convo | Joan & Maureen
@ofxtheblood
TATE,,
Who welcomes death?Ā
As she spoke, Tate felt well⦠Worried. Had things gotten so shitty after the shooting for her that she wanted to die? He suddenly found himself asking the million dollar questionā¦If he had it to do again, what could he have done? He shook his head, too many thoughts, too many god damn feelings at once⦠ It was overwhelming to say the least.
āWhy?ā Tate asked, dark brown hues fixed intently on the other. He warily reaches his fingers out and tilts her chin so that she had to look up at him.Ā āWhy would you wanna⦠Die, I mean? Itās shitty, death is.ā Ā he said, only to be puzzled further by her next statment, her saying that sheād be the way she was forever.
Recognition dawned then. He held her gaze and asked quietly,Ā āYouāre a vampire, huh? Iām just⦠I canāt die. Maureen said it. She told me about the spell, said she was doing it to right two wrongs.ā Tate explained his particular situation as best as he could, moving closer to Joan as he spoke because it was sort of cold out that night.
Granted, neither of them got cold⦠Not anymore. And they never would again unless somehow there was a way to reverse their situations. Knowing Joan was immortal, like him⦠He didnāt see himself trying too terribly hard to find a reversal.Ā
Their walk down the beach was quiet for a few minutes, he found himself stealing looks at her. They stopped again, to sit down at a picnic table when she told him she was glad he let her live.Ā
āI couldnāt⦠I got to ya door and all I could do was stop⦠Like if I went in there, with a gun⦠Everything I knew about you or you mighta known about meā¦. Iād have changed it all. Sounds selfish now but back then I just⦠I knew I was going to suicide at the end⦠I mean I knew what I did was going to bring SWAT right to my maās front door⦠I didnāt want to die knowing youād always hate me. Because I⦠I loved you or something.ā
As heās speaking, heās tapping his foot, heās scratching his head. Just mentioning the L bomb made the mostly mercurial male itchy all over. Because he could love others⦠He just felt like he wasnāt worth loving.Ā āAt least somebody took care of ya. Iāll have to tell her thanksā¦ā he managed, mostly to alleviate the awkwardness he had probably created.
She asked him a very loaded question⦠One he knew could end things before they even began if she didnāt like his answer. But if he lied, heād lost her already.
It was a lose lose for him.Ā
āAre you sure ya want to hear my answer?ā Tate asked, taking a few deep breathsā¦Ā āThose assholes⦠The girls⦠They were all so god damn shitty towards you, Joan⦠I⦠I couldnāt watch it anymore, I couldnāt watch you come out of the bathroom with red eyes⦠And then that one asshole, Kevin, he⦠He said something so disgusting one day in study hall and I snapped⦠I took an assault rifle and I shut them all up⦠Permanently. I mean that wasnāt the only reason but it was the biggest one.. There was the way they all treated Addie, all the shit they did and said to me and I couldnāt take it anymore..Ā Now you know and you can hate me if you wanna. I hope you donāt, I just⦠Been down this road before, okay? I know Iām crazy. I know Iām a dark person. Thatās me. Iām fucked up.ā
Joan;;
āTateā¦ā Ā That was all that Joan managed to get out before she cupped his face in her hands and leaned forward pressing her lips against his. Ā She kissed him, kissed him so much that her lips felt as if they were only supposed to kiss his from then on. Ā Like Tate was the only person she was ever supposed to kiss. Ā āTate..ā Ā She whispered against his lips, her ghosting over his. Ā āI love youā¦ā
She kissed him once more thinking about what he had sad. Ā āYou could have told me Tate.. I would have gone with you.. fought in the noble warā¦ā Ā She trembled in his arms. Ā āI could never hate you for what you did. Ā You only did what I wasnāt brave enough to do.ā Ā She looked up into his eyes. Ā āPlease Tate.. no matter what please never leave me againā¦ā
She took a deep breath. Ā āThe world is a dark place without you in it. Ā You may see yourself as the darkness.. but in my lonely life⦠you are the light..ā
Tate,,
She cupped his face after heād looked down, gone to messing nervously with the hem of his sleeve waiting on her to run, to abandon him, he honestly thought heād really and truly fucked up.
He honestly thought it truly was a lose lose for him. Heād been honest and if he were still being honest, deep in the darkest corners of his mind well... He knew that his entire justification of what heād done was fucked up at best, homicidal and just plain pyschopathic at worst. He didnāt feel things like other people, his feelings were..
Extreme.Ā
he was either in a murderous rage when angry, down so low he never thought heād be happy again when he was sad, passionate when in love and selfish and jealous and desperate when he thought his back was against the wall and he was about to lose someone or something.
His eyes widen at her words because itās not like with Violet this time. Itās love without conditions or strings. Love that unlike the love his mother gave, he doesnāt have to jump through hoops or beg for, or degrade himself for.Ā
ā I love you too, Joan.āĀ
The words left his mouth and for a second, he was anxious, he was wondering if he shouldnāt have said them. But then she pulled him into this kiss and... He melted. Literally, he felt like he could melt.
It was strange ; but the kind of strange you like and you want to have happen again. And so Tate kissed her back, picking her up and holding her as he did so, deepening the kiss, hungry for more.Ā āI could get used to hearin that. And saying it.ā he mumbled against her lips.
ā I wonāt. Iām not going anywhere, Joan. Ever again.ā he promised, his forehead finding hers as she told him that he was her light.Ā āYouāve always been mine. Iād see you and Iād know that there was good in this shitty damn world.ā Tate admitted, keeping her in his arms.Ā āI wish Iād made myself known then.ā he admitted, smirking at her a little as he added,Ā āYour beautiful. Through and through.ā













