it might come as a shock to some , but delilah is a SOLITARY CREATURE by nature ; wandering the streets that boulder county contains alone? feels as routine as waking up in the morning , as breathing. the iowa home where the rosenberg’s were raised was always an EMPTY one — parents out who knows where & children out doing who knows what — the youngest rosenberg remembers walking herself to school , tucking herself in bed at night , waking up and falling to sleep to that same e m p t y household. she doesn’t blame them , her family , they had lives too – they had to support themselves too ; and she doesn’t even mind the cards she was dealt — after all , it’s made her adjust to the end of the world that much easier. is that SAD? that she doesn’t miss it? does that make her a bad person?
people help too. make the adaption all the easier ; aster and max and —– NOAH. he’s key , one of the reasons delilah finds the strength each morning & maintain her sanity. he’s got a beautiful soul , as warm as summer nights , and she finds comfort when he’s by her side & a certain SERENITY in his smile that makes her forget , for a moment , about whatever seems to be weighing her down — he makes her feel light as a feather , he makes her feel better. ❛ i could hear them back there , don’t know how many but we should find . . . somewhere. ❜ she trails off , eyes tracing the street signs & buildings they pass in hopes that something will spark a recognition ; a HOPELESS task , nothing looks familiar and she can feel the uneasiness swirling within her —– but then he speaks , the way noah lau speaks with words that hold promise & words that seem to swipe away the fear rising to it’s peak. instinct says it’s a dangerous effect for him to have on her , but she appreciates it nonetheless.
❛ honestly? words to live by , it can’t harm us if we’re not afraid , right? ❜ a widening smile & she pauses in her attempt to find safe refuge to match his pace. ❛ that’s such a cheesy answer — you are such a cheesy guy , noah. ❜ she says it with love & adoration , of course ! it makes her laugh , a hand squeezing his own. ❛ but i’m over the moon now that i’m seeing you , of course —- what are you doing out here anyway ? where’s your sister ? ❜
all eyes and ears, although noah is not certain of how to find the exit out of this maze that they had found themselves in. he has never been good at this and no map in all of boulder county would ever make him learn — his sister had always told him that he had the worst memory and she’s right, of course she is. “exactly,” he says in the midst of his search. “someone once told me that that was the first rule of living : do not be afraid...” he trails off only to interrupt himself. “all these places are pretty...” these temporary shelters have all been ransacked to their very last floors, he knows this — and noah doesn’t know how to trust a place like these to protect them. he shrugs in a lousy attempt to continue, smiling softly at the thought of families that once made a home out of them. “they’re pretty — or were. but, if you ask me, everything’s still beautiful the way they are. just,” a pause ; nostalgia is painful, isn’t it? “– need to look differently.”
noah has had bouts of doubts, bouts of defeat before. there are times when he came so close to succumbing to look at things through lenses such as that of his sister’s : pragmatic, rational, hard. but there was always something that brought him back, something that served as a reminder. today ( and he supposes, everyday from here on ), it was delilah rosenberg and that smile of hers that noah is certain that he would never forget, but he would never be tired of seeing. he laughs, but he glances at her momentarily to give her a look of slight bewilderment. “you’re going to tell me that i’m cheesy and then say things like ‘ over the moon ’? you are just as cheesy as i am, แดด.” he tries not to look too ... concerned when asked about his sister, and he tries very hard not to sound afraid either. “we were trying to get out from a group of raiders, i think that’s what they were. i’ll find her. it’s no worries.”
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