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“ oh yeah ? ” she ’ s a little NERVOUS , heart beating a rapid pitter - patter inside her chest , but she keeps the little grin secured on her lips . “ you sure about that ? ”

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@tobeblamed / continued from x .
“ oh yeah ? ” she ’ s a little NERVOUS , heart beating a rapid pitter - patter inside her chest , but she keeps the little grin secured on her lips . “ you sure about that ? ”
‘ it’s okay. it’ll heal up. ’ / from claire !
meme / accepting .
blood mats black hair to her forehead , but the shallow gash has stopped bleeding , leaving a thin , sticky veneer of rust - colored liquid made PASTE with sweat and dirt . ash scrubs the back of her hand over a brow , smearing away some of the excess that had begun to trickle its way toward her eye . but it isn ’ t herself she ’ s concerned about . she casts a worried glance at claire , focusing on the sluggishly bleeding gash in her side . ash frowns , CONCERN drawing lines on her weary face . “ you sure ? that . . . looks pretty bad , claire . ”
‘ let me show you. ’
meme / accepting .
her distrust is a veneer around her , pulsing in time with the burning sting of her wound . blood trickles steadily from the gash her arm , painting red lines against her pale skin and patting rhythmically onto the ground - down carpet . in the small , closed - off room the smell of sulfur is CHOKING , strong enough to make her eyes water . she clutches her injured arm to her chest , gaze dropping involuntarily to rest again on the body at her feet . where eyes should be , flesh has bubbled and burned , a charcoal - black abscess rimmed with red. her stomach roils and she backs away clumsily , heart pounding anew . ash thinks of a blonde girl she met not long ago , only a few years younger than herself . the mention of angels had made her wide eyes alight with fear . something i never want to experience again , she had said , the edges of her voice like broken glass .
“ how do i know you won ’ t hurt me ? ” she asks , her BRAVADO feebly coating a voice that wavers and cracks . not that she can do anything against him ; if he wants to smite her , he will . but like a spooked animal , she recoils from harm and help alike . a poor sight she must make , purple bruises blossoming high on her cheekbone , angry scratches trailing long fingers down her shoulder , the flesh of her left arm parted clean and deep . ash pulls the tendrils of her mother ’ s faith around her , gathers the lore she can remember close to her breast . nolite timere , she remembers suddenly . how fitting .
LET ME SHOW YOU .
the silence hangs heavy between them , a third living presence in the room . it grows , inflating and expanding until ash fears it will burst . she trembles , fear and pain and exhaustion a heady mix in her veins , and chews on the inside of her lip . revocate animos maestumque timorem mittite , she recites to herself . the angel helped her . he smote the demon who sought to harm her in an explosion of light and energy . he has shown her no ill intent . she takes a wary step forward , inhaling deeply and expelling the breath in a soft woosh . be brave . “ okay . ”
* the house with a clock in its walls starters
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‘ does that mean that you’re not coming over to my place for cider and doughnuts? ’
‘ let me show you. ’
‘ don’t be bashful. it’s your home now. ’
‘ are you hiding something from me? ’
‘ i’d like to have a talk with you. ’
‘ i wish i knew. i really wish i knew. ’
‘ can’t we do something for them? ’
‘ it’s safe to go in, i think. ’
‘ would it scare you if i said i was? ’
‘ i’ve been feeling really rotten lately. ’
‘ you’re a brave boy, but you’re no match for that thing. ’
‘ and i just didn’t want anything bad to happen to you. ’
‘ it’s okay. it’ll heal up. ’
‘ game’s over. time for bed. ’
‘ better get a move on. ’
‘ it was kind of scary, but it was fun. ’
‘ fell out of a tree. ’
‘ come on. let’s wash the dishes. ’
‘ is it that late? ’
‘ and bring another plate of chocolate chip cookies. ’
‘ hold the flashlight down here. ’
‘ it’s a horrible thing to see. ’
‘ don’t go over there. ’
‘ it was awful! ’
‘ so if you’ll take my advice, you’ll just stop poking around where you’re not wanted. ’
‘ hooray for your lightning-quick mind. ’
‘ i certainly get the idiot prize. ’
‘ we fight them. what else? ’
‘ if you don’t, you’ll have two broken arms and maybe a broken head. ’
‘ here i am! come and get me! ’
‘ what the hell you starin’ at, kid? ’
‘ you’re doin’ it all wrong. ’
‘ it’s all over, __. relax. ’
‘ watch out, i’m gonna throw the bat! ’
‘ remember? i made you promise. ’
‘ make it as goofy as you can. ’
‘ just keep your eyes open. ’ (frooooom suze? or dean.)
meme / accepting .
frustration itches under her skin . she shoots suze a look out of the corner of her eye , tightening her grip on the IRON - BLADED KNIFE in her right hand . her heart beats a frantic rhythm in her chest , adrenaline pouring steadily into her bloodstream . “ are you almost done or not ? ”
kidhnter .
a lump forms in her throat, directly after the question of what it had been like —— a memory that has been pushed back and locked away. the blonde assumes that all kids are told that angels are helpful. good. the young girl was raised to believe this ; her father SO INTENT on seeing the good in people. devout as devout could be. each year that passes claire realizes just how grateful her father had been to be a vessel. an honor, in his eyes. and yet, claire did not agree. she did not see it this way. the girl had NIGHTMARES of what it had been like to have another soul take over. her own being, shut up to make room for the angel. the ever powerful angel. “ it was — ” the girl tries, swallowing away the lump. “ — something i never want to experience again. like being locked away but still able to understand what’s happening around me. ”
ash isn ’ t religious . she has never had a particularly devout personality , although both her parents ascribed very strongly to their respective religions . there are bits and pieces she has assumed -- the talisman she wears around her neck , the token and prayer card shoved into the recesses of her backpack , the halfhearted prayers she casts out into the darkness during times of trial . but she never truly believed in god or DEVAS or any of it . the prospect scares her . more than she ’ d like to admit . “ that sounds horrible , ” she says , low and raw , imagining how it must have felt to be tethered to such a being . to be a prisoner inside her own body . “ how ’ d you manage to get out of it ? ”
brokenfaults .
before this, lydia had been running. seems like forever ago (almost nonstop), but it’s only now, with two feet on solid ground that she realizes she hadn’t been running away at all, and instead, was more like, running to —- right into ash. they both need each other, like night and day. the thought of being anywhere but . . . here, was f̲̲̲r̲̲̲i̲̲̲g̲̲̲h̲̲̲t̲̲̲e̲̲̲n̲̲̲i̲̲̲n̲̲̲g̲̲̲. ash lays her cheek against her, soft and warm, even though the air around them is chilly, and it feels nice. ❝ this is our life. ❞ repeating the words doesn’t make them sound any less weird. like maybe . . . the other is expecting something else. something more. she can’t be sure. if lydia is what makes it tolerable, than she’s not offended.
❝ is that okay . . . ? ❞ if ash needs needs something, she’s gotta speak up. lydia is good at reading people, but she’s no mind reader. ❝ is there . . . something else ? ❞
the moment hangs around them like a shroud . time doesn ’ t seem real here , huddled on the doorstep of a seedy motel in the late - night - early - morning . IT FEELS LIMINAL , as though they ’ re on the verge of an abyss , a divot that ’ s opened up in the fabric of their own reality . a little pocket in time and space carved out just for them . . . just for this . ash grinds the remnants of her cigarette into the asphalt , watching the red embers turn gray and scatter in the wind . “ i don ’ t . . . i don ’ t know . ” she has been content these last few months with lydia , happy with the meagre existence they ’ ve managed to piece together , but she still feels her childhood dreams like a thorn in her side . “ don ’ t you , like . . . ever get TIRED of all this ? all the motels , the shitty diners . the running . ”
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meme / accepting .
“ yeah ? you think so ? ” a satisfied grin alights on her face as she takes in her figure in the mirror . the dress is a bit shorter than she usually wears , but it ’ s still long enough to conceal a KNIFE HOLSTER strapped high upon her thigh . ash twists around , looking over her shoulder to take in the back . “ makes me feel like the kinda chick that might get a few drinks outta some unlucky son of a bitch . ”
‘ you act like you don’t care if you live or die, sometimes. but i care. ’
meme / accepting .
these years spent on the road have been trying . it ’ s as though each year has been a decade . she can hardly believe that only three years have passed since she abandoned her dreams of a normal life , that it hasn ’ t been DECADES of darkness and violence and loneliness . there is a weight on her soul , and it isn ’ t getting lighter .
she is barely through the door , blood still tacky where it has dried in thick smears over her hands , at her temple , when lydia speaks . the words bring the line of her shoulders up TIGHT , make her clench her teeth against the sharp pang that rises in the back of her throat , the heat that itches behind her eyes . “ is that supposed to be enough ? ” she bites out , voice choked with the tears she hates to show . they ’ ve skirted this fight before , prodded at the edges of ash ’ s self destruction . she wants to pull the words back the moment they are out , but something UGLY inside her purrs at the hurt in lydia ’ s eyes . “ god , lydia . i ’ ve known you for what ? a couple of months ? ”
the tears are welling now , clinging stubbornly to the edges of her lashes , and her chest is tight with DESPERATION . she feels hysteria bubbling up in the form of laughter , lets it froth at her lips like blood . “ you don ’ t get it . you just don ’ t fucking get it . ” she ’ s rambling now . it ’ s as if , with those few simple words , lydia had managed to YANK out ash ’ s foundations and send her carefully constructed composure clattering to the floor . “ i fucked up ! i fucked up , and now this . . . this BULLSHIT is my life ! no home , no money . fighting fucking ghosts ! like SERIOUSLY ! what the fuck ? ” there are tear tracks down her cheeks now , glistening against the dirt and blood on her face . “ i know it , like . . . we ’ re helping people . i ’ m helping people . REDEEMING myself . but sometimes i just want it to be over , you know ? ”
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it becomes you.
i can’t stand this cold.
where are you calling from?
i’ve waited. every day, every single day.
you’d best not touch the cuts too much.
it’s a terrible secret.
quit behaving like a spoiled child.
why does everybody want to run away?
as long as it’s expressed in words, any lie has some meaning.
anyone who takes refuge there must be desperate not to be found out.
it appears his head was stomped in with a heel.
someplace … any place.
is there any concrete basis for them?
look, you’ve got hands and feet; it’s a big laugh, you being missing. you are right here, aren’t you?
it made me cry.
what were you looking at?
stop it. i’m hanging up.
i have such terrible thoughts.
you’ve just been waiting…?
my two hands were covered in blood.
would you like some water?
don’t get the wrong idea.
things look pretty funny.
does that have anything to do with the worry of someone left behind?
that’s a silly idea, forget it.
dreams?
it’s a good feeling.
can you imagine someone being able to do that?
a nose bleed, i guess.
why won’t you listen?
i told a lie back there. i’m sorry.
you’ve got a lot of free time around here.
i had something i wanted to ask you.
everybody knows. well, since it’s about you.
you don’t believe me.
you’re pretty far gone if you get sad and lonely just watching people walking by.
the ones i talk to when i talk to myself.
i hope you’re not from the police.
there’s such a thing as amnesia, you know.
do you really think i’d worry about you?
courage, you say?
you can’t talk like that.
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@vngcful / sc .
“ thanks . ” she ’ s out of breath , drops her hands to her knees as she exhales a shaky breath , the after - effects of adrenaline and NEAR - DEATH still pounding through her body . “ that , uh . . . that was pretty close . ”
bravexy· .
smoking is gross. the smell, the taste, the way it lingers on their clothes upstairs even after lydia’s washed them —- still. it’s hard to deny how good ash looks with a cigarette between her lips. something so undeniably attractive about it, that she never complains. actually, it’s kind of growing on her. even though they’re toxic, rolled up poison, lydia feels off on mornings when she wakes up and doesn’t smell it over coffee. it’s . . . comforting. though, it’s not quite morning yet. they’re stuck at the time where it’s an awkward, do i get up and stay up, or fall back asleep a little longer kind of time —- but when she does wake, and she’s alone, that pretty much answers the question. ❝ hmm ? ❞ she yawns quietly, sitting beside ash on the curb —- barely dressed, almost see-through pink pajamas —- and lays her head softly against the other’s shoulder. ❝ no —- of course we don’t deserve it. but there’s good too. ❞ smiling softly, tired and still a little out of it, she reaches out for the other’s cigarette. yeah. they’re gross. but ash gives her bad influences, get over it. ❝ what are you thinking about ?? it’s so cold and lonely out here. ❞ aka, please come back to bed.
there ’ s comfort in the stub of a cigarette , sympathy in the emptiness of silence . ash likes being alone with her thoughts , nothing but her and the dark of night and the vice of her choosing . but she has begun to learn that there ’ s something beautiful about company . she had never known there was a HOLE inside her until lydia had come along and filled it .
ash presses her cheek into bed - tousled red hair , blows smoke out into the night and revels in the feel of lydia ’ s body , soft and warm against hers . she has a way of grounding ash , a way of keeping her from losing herself in the darkness of her thoughts . “ just thinking , ” she replies , still looking out over the empty parking lot . “ just kinda sucks , you know ? ” ash takes the cigarette back from lydia , now little more than a stub . “ THAT THIS IS OUR LIFE . ” she smiles then , soft and small , a crack in the armor of her melancholy . “ guess i shouldn ’ t complain too much , though . ‘ cause if it was any other way , i wouldn ’ t ’ ve met you . ”
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@kidhnter / sc .
“ okay , wait , what the fuck ? ” her face screws up in confusion and displeasure as she tries to imagine it , tries to picture a force so great and bright making a HOME behind her eyes . “ like an actual angel ? from the bible ? ” she had thought demonic possession was a terrifying prospect , but there is something much more raw and horrible about this . what does that say , she wonders , that she fears the host of heaven more than the inhabitants of hell ? “ what was that like ? it must ’ ve been terrible . ”
@stolelife / sc .
“ you probably didn ’ t do it right . ” she raises a challenging eyebrow , the amused grin on her lips fading after another moment of thought —— of recollection . “ seriously , though , you ’ re lucky it didn ’ t work . demons are fucking TERRIFYING . ”