✮ = stargazing .
reaction meme.
Georgia summer turns the air thick as molasses and coats the skin damp even in the middle of the night. They’re sprawled out on the bed of Merle’s truck. A mattress thrown in the back piled with as many blankets the two of them could steal for the night. Pillows underneath their heads prop them up so they can see through the clearing of the trees. The sky’s surrounded by an uneven line of pine and leaves that stretch up so tall, Daryl swears it looks like they’re scratching their way towards the stars.
That’s why they’re here. Cause tonight the stars aren’t just up in a sea of inky black and navy blue made unearthly colors by the huge, round moon glowing silver and yellow. The lighting bugs are back. Swirling and dancing up higher and higher so that it makes you feel like you could reach up and pluck the stars from the sky cause some are floating down to meet you. Makes them feel like they’re laying in the middle of a dream where, somehow, they’ve finally reached the sky.
“Fuck it. Let’s just sleep out here. Don’t really wanna go back.” It’s not like his dad would miss him. Probably has no idea he’s gone cause he’s unconscious by now. Her parents? They could sneak her in her window before they were any the wiser. Got that shit down to a science.
Bare toes wiggle and a pair of blinking lights flutter by Sherry’s cheek then zoom off towards the swirls and dots of the others. Her eyes light up for a second as they pass by. Daryl ticks his chin closer to her and offers her up a crooked smile. His dad, the pressure of her parents. They couldn’t feel any further away from them when they’re out here.
“Wanna..?”