‘ just forget about it, alright? i have. ’ : @dctorsleep ────── ( * &. – SHARP OBJECTS MEME / OPEN
heavily-lidded eyes blinked as they observed danny , unimpressed . hard to believe that was the same man rust had ran into only a few months back , out there , in the concrete swamps . back then , danny torrance had been nothing but an aimless drunkard that , despite being absolutely inept , managed to navigate through the filthy bowels of the world unscratched . though now that rust got a good look of the guy , he realized that had been an unfair assessment ; danny torrance was still the same idiot he had met , but he certainly wasn’t spared . he looked as unhappy as the rest of the brood ━━━ a miserable looking bastard carrying a lifetime of trauma in the bags under his eyes . rustin hadn’t cared much to notice all that misery when he had ran into him . bastard had stolen money right out of his pocket ( money meant to feed rustin’ opioid addiction for a whole month ) . the detective tried to retrieve it a bit too late ... thought it better to swing a couple of fists at danny rather than report him . WOULDN’T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE . the country’s authorities were as inept as its’ delinquents ; lost causes , all of them .
but danny torrance sat up straighter now and his eyes had a sad shine to them . better than having no shine at all , rust thought . he had gotten himself clean . there was some merit in that ... something to be celebrated . danny got to be miserable like the rest of the world while , simultaneously , being a good boy . golden stars all around . congratulatory hugs . fireworks . rust felt so detached from all of that he could hardly remember how to pronounce the word ‘inspiring’ . the cigarette between his fingers had been burning for a minute . cohle pulled his gaze away , lowered it in defeat . perhaps he was the most inept of all . the thought left a harsh taste on the roof of his mouth ( iron and coagulated blood , dusty carpeted floors riddled with the stench of bodily fluids ) . rustin had been hit by that flavor the night he had met danny for the first time . ❝ if forgettin’ was easy , we’d all be a more forgivin’ bunch . ❞ the detective drawled , finally allowing himself a drag of his cigarette . ❝ didn’t ask you to forget . ❞
