"Never walked through the woods, it's kinda cool."
He glances around again, running fingertips over bark in an attempt to familiarize himself with the environment. It doesn't work. Never does. "... Neither have I."
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"Never walked through the woods, it's kinda cool."
He glances around again, running fingertips over bark in an attempt to familiarize himself with the environment. It doesn't work. Never does. "... Neither have I."
“You mumble in your sleep".
"Why do you watch me sleep?"
"Oops, right?"
"More than just oops." He turns the body over, showing the crushed jaw. "Much more."
The Last of Us - Sentence Starters
"Fuckin' hunters. See, this could've been us".
"No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for".
"Don't tell me I would be safer with somebody else".
"Hey, fuck you man. I didn't ask for this".
"Get off your ass and on your feet".
"Can we get the fuck outta here? Please?".
"Everything happens for a reason".
"Y... You shot him/her...".
"We have got to get outta here, do you understand me?".
"This tunnel, you use it to smuggle things?".
"They've been gone a long, long time".
"What are we doing here?".
"Oops, right?".
"I am not doin' that!".
"I can buy you some time but you have to run".
"I will not turn into one of those things".
"Nothing, it's just... I've never seen anything like this, that's all".
"Never walked through the woods. It's kinda cool".
"Okay, don't be a dick".
"You scared the shit outta me!".
"Sarcasm... making progress".
"Let's just keep going".
"Get up. We're leaving, c'mon".
"Do you even realize what your life means? Huh? Running off like that, putting yourself at risk — it's pretty goddamn stupid".
"Stop with the bullshit".
"How many close calls have we had?!".
"You're treading on some mighty thin ice here".
“hands in the fucking air!”.
“I pretty much lost everything".
“I ain’t leavin’ without you".
“Another city, another abandoned quarantine zone”.
“I can protect you”.
“I’ll come back for you”.
“Sounds like runners”.
“Can you walk?”.
“Stay the fuck back!”.
“I think we’re safe”.
“You’re a better shot with that thing than I am”.
“Don’t sound so disappointed”.
“You handled yourself pretty nice back there”.
“thanks for not blowin’ my head off".
“you survived because of me.”
“you lay your hands on me again, it won’t end well for you”.
“you still remember how to kill, right?”
“hey, hey—are you hurt?”.
“You mumble in your sleep".
“Are you still breathing?”.
“Let’s get the hell outta here".
“I owe you nothin’".
“I can handle myself".
“You don’t need to worry about me".
“I don’t think they saw us".
“Damn it—spores".
“Somethin’ on your mind?”.
“Yeah, well, i was tryin’ to kill you".
“You’re bleeding".
“We can help each other".
“Isaved you!”.
“How is it you’re never scared?”.
The Last of Us - Sentence Starters
"Fuckin' hunters. See, this could've been us".
"No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for".
"Don't tell me I would be safer with somebody else".
"Hey, fuck you man. I didn't ask for this".
"Get off your ass and on your feet".
"Can we get the fuck outta here? Please?".
"Everything happens for a reason".
"Y... You shot him/her...".
"We have got to get outta here, do you understand me?".
"This tunnel, you use it to smuggle things?".
"They've been gone a long, long time".
"What are we doing here?".
"Oops, right?".
"I am not doin' that!".
"I can buy you some time but you have to run".
"I will not turn into one of those things".
"Nothing, it's just... I've never seen anything like this, that's all".
"Never walked through the woods. It's kinda cool".
"Okay, don't be a dick".
"You scared the shit outta me!".
"Sarcasm... making progress".
"Let's just keep going".
"Get up. We're leaving, c'mon".
"Do you even realize what your life means? Huh? Running off like that, putting yourself at risk — it's pretty goddamn stupid".
"Stop with the bullshit".
"How many close calls have we had?!".
"You're treading on some mighty thin ice here".
“hands in the fucking air!”.
“I pretty much lost everything".
“I ain’t leavin’ without you".
“Another city, another abandoned quarantine zone”.
“I can protect you”.
“I’ll come back for you”.
“Sounds like runners”.
“Can you walk?”.
“Stay the fuck back!”.
“I think we’re safe”.
“You’re a better shot with that thing than I am”.
“Don’t sound so disappointed”.
“You handled yourself pretty nice back there”.
“thanks for not blowin’ my head off".
“you survived because of me.”
“you lay your hands on me again, it won’t end well for you”.
“you still remember how to kill, right?”
“hey, hey—are you hurt?”.
“You mumble in your sleep".
“Are you still breathing?”.
“Let’s get the hell outta here".
“I owe you nothin’".
“I can handle myself".
“You don’t need to worry about me".
“I don’t think they saw us".
“Damn it—spores".
“Somethin’ on your mind?”.
“Yeah, well, i was tryin’ to kill you".
“You’re bleeding".
“We can help each other".
“Isaved you!”.
“How is it you’re never scared?”.
☠ Drabble list-- You can send one anytime.
raisedhunter:
☠Send me one at your leisure and I will write a drabble based on what you send— Other prompts are always welcomed and encouraged if it’s not stated on this list.
Send any of these to me at your leisure and I will write it— Please be specific to who is going to be doing what.
Scream: My character has caused yours to scream out for some reason
Headache: How my character will take care of yours when they have a headache
Expecting: Our characters find out they are expecting a child together
Milkshake: Our characters will have to split a milkshake
Coffee: My character will be hyped up on coffee and pester yours
Mistletoe: Our characters will share a kiss under the mistletoe.
Graveyard: My character will visit your characters grave
Spectre: My character will be visited by your character’s ghost or vice versa
Bleed: My character will injure your character
Dream: My character will have a dream about your character
Letters: Our characters will write letters to one another.
Nightmare: One of our characters will have a nightmare.
Holiday: Our characters will spend a holiday together.
Apologize: My character will apologize to yours.
Busted: Your character will catch mine doing something they shouldn’t.
O Romeo: I will write my character missing/looking for yours.
O Juliet: I will write about my character’s feelings for yours.
O Macbeth: I will write about how my character kills yours.
O Hero: I will write about my character mourning yours.
O Puck: I will write about my character pranking yours.
O Titiana: I will write about our characters sharing a night in bed or sharing a kiss. Specify.
O Oberon: I’ll write about my character getting angry at yours over something they did.
Regrets: I’ll write a drabble about my character having regrets about yours.
Heaven: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to heaven.
Hell: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to hell.
Purgatory: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to purgatory.
Time: I’ll write a drabble about our characters doing to a different time/dimension. specify.
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Amuse Me: I will write a funny drabble about my character trying to cheer yours up.
Accept me: I will write a drabble about my character accepting yours or vice versa. /Or both to accept one another/
Break Me: I will write an angsty drabble about our characters.
Befriend Me: I wil write a drabble about our characters meeting for the first time in an AU.
Call Me: I will write a drabble about my character asking for yours [be it at the brink of death/in a battlefield/knocking on the front door wounded, feel free to specify.]
Comfort Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character comforting yours- vise versa.
Drink Me: I will write a drabble about my character taking shots with yours.
Dominate Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character dominating yours. Or vise versa.
Enamor Me: I will write a fluffy drabble about my character trying to woo yours [be it out of the blue/Valentines Day,feel free to specify.]
Embarrass Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character saying or doing something embarrassing to himself or to your character.
Fight Me: I will write a drabble out my character fighting with/or against yours.
Forgive me: I will write a drabble about my character forgiving yours or vise versa.
Get Me: I will write a drabble about my character saving yours.
Humor Me: I’ll write a funny drabble about our characters.
Hustle Me: I’ll write a drabble about our characters hustling.
Humiliate Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character doing something humiliating to yours.
Haunt Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character watching over yours [as a ghost, watching from a distance, or otherwise, feel free to specify.]
Hunt with me: I’ll write a drabble about your character and mine on a hunt together.
Invite Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character asking your character to
Join Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving your character an offer [be it a proposal for an alliance, asking them to join them in an activity (you can get dirty if you want), feel free to specify.]
Kill Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character killing yours.
Love Me: I’ll write a fluffy drabble about our characters.
Mourn Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character mourning your character’s death.
Nurse Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character healing yours.
Offer Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving yours a gift.
Paint Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character drawing a picture of yours [like one of your french girls~ be it painting them or drawing them, maybe offering a picture of them as a gift, feel free to specify.]
Quiet Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to calm yours down [be it from crying, from lashing out, feel free to specify.]
Remember Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to get yours to remember them [be it from an accident, meeting them after years apart, feel free to specify.]
Raise Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character resurrecting yours. Vise versa.
Reunite Me: I’ll write a drabble of our characters reuniting together.
Shag Me: I’ll write a dirty drabble about our characters. specify
Surprise Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character surprising yours. Vise versa.
Save Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character saving yours or vise versa.
Shoot Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character shooting yours or vise versa.
Tell Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character confessing something to yours [be it a love confession, a secret, feel free to specify.]
Text me: I’ll write a drabble about my character texting yours or your character texting mine.
Trick Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character tricking your character.
Unbind Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character freeing mine, or the other way around, or something among the lines [be it freeing them from jail, from handcuffs, from a trap, from a curse, feel free to specify.]
Value Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character telling yours how they feel about them.
Wed Me: I’ll write a drabble about our character under the subject of wedlock [be it my character proposing to yours, or marrying yours, feel free to specify.]
X Me: I will write whatever it is that you wish, [specify.]
Yahoo Me: I’ll write a drabble about our characters celebrating something [feel free to specify.]
Zip Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character dressing mine, or the other way around [this can also be used for shutting them up as well, but feel free to specify.]
Torture Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character torturing mine or vise versa.
Take Me: my character will kidnap yours
Leave Me: my character will leave your character behind.
Deny Me: my character will either deny your character’s advances or deny them a ’ happy ending’
Grope Me: my character will grope yours.
Lick Me: my character will lick yours in any specified place or manner.
Suck Me: my character will suck on any body part of your character
Tease Me: my character will tease yours, whether in a friendly or a sexual manner
Please Me: my character will do anything to please yours
Bite Me: my character will bite yours on any part of their body
Blindfold Me: my character will blindfold yours in order to have their fun
Meet Me: My character is meeting yours either for the first time or just causally.
Greet Me: My character will greet yours, either at the door, at work, or somewhere else.
Own me: My character owns your character.
Slap me: my character will slap yours. In the sexual manner, or of anger. specify.
Call Me: My character will call your character for whatever reason. Hug Me: My character will hug yours. Either by surprise or for a specific reason.
Give Me: my character will give yours a gift Tickle Me: my character will tickle yours ruthlessly.
Sleep: My character needs to stay at your character’s house for the night, or vise versa. Specify. (you can add any other special things that could happen!)
Drink: My character will call, text, or show up at your character’s house drunk. Specify which of the three.
Heal: My character will tend to your character’s wounds, or be at their side when they’re sick.
Confess: My character will speak their true feelings about your character. (or about a topic. you may choose.)
Death: My character’s reaction to your character dying.
Time: My character is running late! They are supposed to meet your character at ___________ (fill in the blank) or vise versa. Specify.
Protect: My character keeps yours safe from harm.
Kiss: My character kisses yours, or vise versa. Specify.
Dream: My character wakes up in the middle of the night because of a dream with your character in it.
Run!: My character is chasing your character (or vise versa) OR both characters are being chased by ___________ (fill in the blank).
Rivalry: I’ll write a drabble of our characters having a rivalry between each other.
Revenge: My character will get revenge on yours.
Jealousy: My character gets jealous over yours.
Hallucinations: My character will have hallucinations about your character.
Candle: Our characters spending time together by candle light.
Hallucinations: My character will have hallucinations about your character.
Obsession: I’ll write a drabble about my character having an obsession with yours. Vise versa.
Thief: My/your character has stolen something from yours/mine and plans to escape with said item. (Be specific on who gets which role)
Healer: My/your character helping your/my character when they are hurt/sick. (Be specific on who gets which role, and whether the pain is physical, emotional, or just having to catch a fever)
Sky: Our characters are stargazing.
Seer: An event with our characters in the past or future.
Help: My character requests help from your character (be something silly or serious, you may decide.)
Gift: My character gives your character something special. Or vise versa. Specify.
I Do: I will write our characters as a married couple
Broken: I’ll write our characters breaking up or in an angsty scene.
Spell: I’ll write my character putting a spell on yours. Or being under a spell/curse.
« : memory from the past with your character
» : a future event my character would like to happen with them + yours [a daydream]
¿ : something my character would like to forget [specify in general or about yours]
☼ : A memory my character has with yours that they’ll never forget
Joke: My character pulling a prank on yours
School: How out chacrters live through a school day. Specify class if needed.
Song: My charcter singing a song to yours, or vice versa.
Gloves: How my charcter deals with news from yours, Specify
Snow flake: Our characters in the cold together.
Rain — I’ll write a fluffy drabble of our characters kissing in the rain. Kill — I’ll write a angst drabble of my character violently killing yours. Love — I’ll write a drabble of my character admitting they love yours. Lust — I’ll write a drabble of our characters making love together. Date — I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours out on a date. Defend — I’ll write a drabble of my character protecting yours. Fight — I’ll write a drabble of my character fighting with/against yours. Death — I’ll write a drabble of my character with yours on their deathbed. Mourn — I’ll write a drabble of my character mourning yours. Pet — I’ll write a drabble of my character buying yours a pet. (specify what kind.) Wash — I’ll write a drabble of our characters showering/bathing together. Pool — I’ll write a drabble of our characters swimming together. Beach — I’ll write a drabble of out characters at the beach together. Sing — I’ll write a drabble of my character singing to yours. Snow — I’ll write a drabble of our characters building a snowman together. Game — I’ll write a drabble of my character playing videogames with yours. Movie — I’ll write a drabble of our characters watching a movie together. Shop — I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours shopping. Cook — I’ll write a drabble of our characters cooking together. Sleep — I’ll write a drabble of my character snuggling in bed with yours.
Nightmare: I’ll write my character having a nightmare about yours, or vice versa. Kiss: I’ll write our characters sharing a kiss, it can be innocent or passionate. Traumatic: I’ll write my or your characters going through a traumatic experience. Murder: I’ll write my character killing yours or vice vesra. Home: I’ll write our characters living together. Holiday: I’ll write our characters celebrating a holiday together. Prank: I’ll write our characters pulling pranks on each other. Scars: I’ll write your character touching my character’s scars or vice versa Sketching: I’ll write your character drawing mine or vice versa Warmth: I’ll write our characters getting warm. Solace: I’ll write my character comforting yours or vice versa Drink: I’ll write our characters drinking together Game: I’ll write our characters playing a game. Love: I’ll write our character’s falling in love. Death: I’ll write our character’s mourning over each other. Hate: I’ll write our character’s hating each other. Seduce: I’ll write my character trying to seduce yours or vice versa Old: I’ll write our characters growing old together Song: I’ll write our character’s singing or playing a musical instruments. Child: I’ll write our characters raising a child. Poem: I’ll write my character speaking a poem to yours or vice versa Insane: I’ll write my character is insane inside asylum and yours is the doctor, vice versa
Rivalry — I’ll write a drabble of our characters having a rivalry between each other.
Obsession — I’ll write a drabble about my character having an obsession with yours. Vise versa.
Proposal — My character proposes to your character. Vise versa.
Celebration — Our characters celebrate together. Or have a party.
Secret — My character tells your character a secret.
Promise — My character makes a promise to your character.
Pumpkin: Your character and mine doing some halloween decorating Trick: Your character and mine being sneaky together Treat: Your character and mine being sweet to one another Costume: Your character or mine, dressing up for the other Candy Corn: Your character or mine being cheesy to the other Treat Bag: My character sharing something with yours Leaves: Your character or mine clearing the air about something. Stars: Our characters under the stars together Snow: Our characters in the cold together Scarf: Your character or Mine borrowing/stealing clothes from the other Hot Cocoa: Our characters enjoying a hot moment together. Candles: Our characters enjoying a moment by candlelight Gift: Your character or mine, surprising the other with a present Bows: Your character or mine, dressing/undressing the other Peppermint: Your character or mine, sharing a sweet secret with the other.
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
Panic shoots icy shards through her. Without thinking she snatches for him, remembering only at the last instant to close her fingers around his cloak instead of his arm. “Garrett, wait!”
Garrett nearly jerks away at the motion. Nearly hides himself away with everything he has. But, there’s nothing to hide himself in and no reason to hide away from her. Not now, not ever. A hand rubs over his own face, something he rarely does.
“I don’t…” Can’t is a better word for it.
Erin jerks her hand back as if burned, folds her arms across her chest. “I- I didn’t …” She nods, dropping her head to study the ground at his feet. Offering cover, if not distance. “I know.”
“Garrett, I—” She breaks off, scowling in frustration. “I don’t … I mean there’s nothing …” It’s all coming out wrong again. “Dammit, Garrett. You’re … you’re family, and I know that—” He’ll leave again – for good this time – whilst she’s still stumbling over the words. And this time it’s her fault.
Rather than leave though, Garrett seems frozen on the spot. It's inescapable really, this fate of their's. Unable to just say the simple 'I care about you' but able to taunt and tease without a problem. There's nothing he can do to change that so, rather than make the situation worse, he attempts a step closer again.
"Erin, I... After Moira, I want you to stick close. I don't remember what happened but you do and I need..." Assurance? No, that word was way too far from what he actually wanted. "I need help. Filling in the gaps and... Dealing with whatever happens."
papaverpaeoniflorum:
Panic shoots icy shards through her. Without thinking she snatches for him, remembering only at the last instant to close her fingers around his cloak instead of his arm. “Garrett, wait!”
Garrett nearly jerks away at the motion. Nearly hides himself away with everything he has. But, there’s nothing to hide himself in and no reason to hide away from her. Not now, not ever. A hand rubs over his own face, something he rarely does.
“I don’t...” Can’t is a better word for it.
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
“I …”
What she wanted to hear? Coming here had been on an impulse, the need to be close by finally outweighing the anger and shame that kept her away. What had she wanted to hear? Glass beads click together between restless fingers.
“It-it’s a start.”
He is just as restless but differently. The Master thief shifts from side to side, looking along the ground. She sees him and that scares him. But there isn’t anywhere to hide from this. The darkness won’t take him back if he doesn’t do this now.
“When you… When you killed that man. I thought you were hurting yourself, Erin.” The memory is obviously painful by the way he reflexively seems to rub at his forearms. Trying to wash off the feeling maybe. “I couldn’t… I couldn’t watch you do that.”
Her gaze drops, eyes flicking from side to side as she tries to piece it together. Hurting herself?
“It’s okay when you do it but not when I do it. You’ve said that before.”
“Because I deserve it.”
The words are out before he can really comprehend what they mean. Yes. He did deserve it. Beyond all the lives he had undoubtedly ruined lay his own. And there, his chances were dead for ever moving on.
He knows the job will kill him. “I couldn’t see you get hurt like me.” It’s only a matter of time. “You still had a chance.” He didn’t. He never had.
“Erin, I knew when you started killing people that you were bound to the same fate I was. That it would be your only source for the rest of your life and no one would ever look at you as anything else ever again. I didn’t want you to be a killer, Erin. Then again, I guess being a thief is no better…” A frown crosses his features and he tries to gather himself together. “I wanted to give you some sort of chance. So if you wanted to, you had the means to support yourself but without the… Finality of it.”
“Big brother always knows best.” She’s struck by the sudden urge to laugh. She can’t. Not here, not now. If she missteps now she’ll lose him. The one thing she couldn’t bear to lose.
“But he doesn’t know everything.” She lifts her gaze to meet his, her expression softening. “I was already a killer long before then.”
He can hardly manage to meet her gaze. His eyes, mismatched now, flicker from the sides to the ground to her all in quick succession. White knuckled and nearly shaking, he nods.
“I know. I… By the old gods, I don’t know what I wanted to do. Just give you more of a chance really. Something I didn’t have.”
The faint blue glow casts an eerie pall over them both, somehow more shadow than light. She coils the beads around her fingers – anything to stop herself from reaching out to touch. He may have escaped the Baron’s attentions, but neither of them made it through unscathed. The year has left its scars deep in them both.
She supposes she ought to feel some measure of guilt for her own part. For forcing the primal link open, clawing buried memories to the surface to manipulate him, leaving him no choice but to drag them both free. Never. She would regret what she’d done – what she’d been forced to do to save herself, but she would never feel guilt for surviving. For whatever it took to survive. Maybe that was the difference.
“What other choice is there, Garrett? Snare some dull-eyed dockworker and keep house? Crawl back to Madame Xiao Xiao and her endless string of greasy nobles?” Her voice is rising, tinged with sarcasm. She swallows, closes her eyes for a moment to pull back some shred of control. “Or to use what you taught me to do what I’m good at? To feel alive?”
She shakes her head. “I don’t expect you to understand. I’ll never be more then a kid to you.”
"You're my sister." He bites back anything else and steps away. Always pushing with him, whether it be away or forward he's always forcing himself into and out of places. A puzzle piece that has never fit.
But there are many things and too little time. He is so far from any sort of solution and nothing but an echo chamber of painful memories remains in his head. For her, he would give up his fingers and be black handed.
"I'm sorry. You will never forgive me."
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
“I …”
What she wanted to hear? Coming here had been on an impulse, the need to be close by finally outweighing the anger and shame that kept her away. What had she wanted to hear? Glass beads click together between restless fingers.
“It-it’s a start.”
He is just as restless but differently. The Master thief shifts from side to side, looking along the ground. She sees him and that scares him. But there isn’t anywhere to hide from this. The darkness won’t take him back if he doesn’t do this now.
“When you… When you killed that man. I thought you were hurting yourself, Erin.” The memory is obviously painful by the way he reflexively seems to rub at his forearms. Trying to wash off the feeling maybe. “I couldn’t… I couldn’t watch you do that.”
Her gaze drops, eyes flicking from side to side as she tries to piece it together. Hurting herself?
“It’s okay when you do it but not when I do it. You’ve said that before.”
“Because I deserve it.”
The words are out before he can really comprehend what they mean. Yes. He did deserve it. Beyond all the lives he had undoubtedly ruined lay his own. And there, his chances were dead for ever moving on.
He knows the job will kill him. “I couldn’t see you get hurt like me.” It’s only a matter of time. “You still had a chance.” He didn’t. He never had.
“Erin, I knew when you started killing people that you were bound to the same fate I was. That it would be your only source for the rest of your life and no one would ever look at you as anything else ever again. I didn’t want you to be a killer, Erin. Then again, I guess being a thief is no better…” A frown crosses his features and he tries to gather himself together. “I wanted to give you some sort of chance. So if you wanted to, you had the means to support yourself but without the… Finality of it.”
“Big brother always knows best.” She’s struck by the sudden urge to laugh. She can’t. Not here, not now. If she missteps now she’ll lose him. The one thing she couldn’t bear to lose.
“But he doesn’t know everything.” She lifts her gaze to meet his, her expression softening. “I was already a killer long before then.”
He can hardly manage to meet her gaze. His eyes, mismatched now, flicker from the sides to the ground to her all in quick succession. White knuckled and nearly shaking, he nods.
"I know. I... By the old gods, I don't know what I wanted to do. Just give you more of a chance really. Something I didn't have."
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
“I …”
What she wanted to hear? Coming here had been on an impulse, the need to be close by finally outweighing the anger and shame that kept her away. What had she wanted to hear? Glass beads click together between restless fingers.
“It-it’s a start.”
He is just as restless but differently. The Master thief shifts from side to side, looking along the ground. She sees him and that scares him. But there isn’t anywhere to hide from this. The darkness won’t take him back if he doesn’t do this now.
“When you… When you killed that man. I thought you were hurting yourself, Erin.” The memory is obviously painful by the way he reflexively seems to rub at his forearms. Trying to wash off the feeling maybe. “I couldn’t… I couldn’t watch you do that.”
Her gaze drops, eyes flicking from side to side as she tries to piece it together. Hurting herself?
“It’s okay when you do it but not when I do it. You’ve said that before.”
"Because I deserve it."
The words are out before he can really comprehend what they mean. Yes. He did deserve it. Beyond all the lives he had undoubtedly ruined lay his own. And there, his chances were dead for ever moving on.
He knows the job will kill him. "I couldn't see you get hurt like me." It's only a matter of time. "You still had a chance." He didn't. He never had.
"Erin, I knew when you started killing people that you were bound to the same fate I was. That it would be your only source for the rest of your life and no one would ever look at you as anything else ever again. I didn't want you to be a killer, Erin. Then again, I guess being a thief is no better..." A frown crosses his features and he tries to gather himself together. "I wanted to give you some sort of chance. So if you wanted to, you had the means to support yourself but without the... Finality of it."
pickpocketratking:
papaverpaeoniflorum:
Surprise and confusion drown out coherent thought for several heartbeats. Please? She can’t remember the last time he said the word. Has he ever said it?
Memory rises unbidden of the night he confronted Orion on the ship. Much of that night is still hazy, lost to the exhilaration and terror of the primal, but she remembers how the lightning flashes had illuminated his exhaustion and desperation. He’d only come because she’d manipulated him into it, but he did come. Orion was twice his size and could have easily have overpowered and killed him – she’d seen the knife Orion had tried to hide – but he’d come anyway. She’d brushed his words off as easy lies then, but had he spoken true?
She stares at him, trying to read his expression. Scrambling for something – anything – to deflect, she reaches for the familiarity of habit, forcing an uncertain and unconvincing smile.
“You don’t know? So you can make mistakes after all?”
He’d made more mistakes than he could count. All of them blurring into the short times spent in jail. Dangerous times when the Thief-Taker General had swooped in a little too close for his liking. These were dangerous times to be a thief but…
But Erin is here. And there something horribly wrong and amazing about that. She survived (something he had been very worried about) and she had come back (something he had been even more worried about). There she stood, broken and now looking at him like he wasn’t himself. He wasn’t himself. Not right now.
“I came for you Erin. When I woke up I asked where you were and people told me you were dead. I had nothing…” That statement doesn’t seem right to him. He did have something, but he didn’t have her. She wasn’t by his side like when they used to work together. He hadn’t even been sure she had stayed in the city! Would it have been his fault for chasing her out? Probably…
“Yes, Erin. I can make mistakes. I can’t make sense of it, but yes. Is that what you want to hear?”
“I …”
What she wanted to hear? Coming here had been on an impulse, the need to be close by finally outweighing the anger and shame that kept her away. What had she wanted to hear? Glass beads click together between restless fingers.
“It-it’s a start.”
He is just as restless but differently. The Master thief shifts from side to side, looking along the ground. She sees him and that scares him. But there isn't anywhere to hide from this. The darkness won't take him back if he doesn't do this now.
"When you... When you killed that man. I thought you were hurting yourself, Erin." The memory is obviously painful by the way he reflexively seems to rub at his forearms. Trying to wash off the feeling maybe. "I couldn't... I couldn't watch you do that."
pickpocketratking:
lurkingwhaler:
pickpocketratking:
“Most of the time, I think.”
“We’d have to know each other longer for you to make such statements.”
“No we don’t.”
“So you do not want to know me better? I’m hurt.”
"I never said that."
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