— .ᐣ starter , / @by-reign, nick parker.
❪ elizabeth james ❫ , — she thinks she forgot to consider what would leaving would feel like. as she stares at her packed bags and the flight check in text that haunts her home screen she realizes how much of a disservice such a neglect has done her. of course, elizabeth had thought about it -- at half past midnight, while looking into hallie's eyes, when laughing at some stupid joke nick managed to make that didn't even have the girls laughing but still made her buckle at the seams. not for too long / never for too long. the idea just there, lingering in the back of her mind with fang-like teeth, ready to sink them into the holes of her heart where her innermost vulnerabilities seep from. she feels it now. THE SEEPING, THE LEAKING, THE SPILLING. all of the emotions she wore with a brave face for hallie but an hour ago. this isn't like the last time she left or any of the times she ran before. it's foolish to even call this running. but if this were a race, the crowd would only have two faces, and as she peels the clothing from her body it feels like she's stripping the california sun and all of its promises of happiness away from her. until she turns.
surprise crooks in her brow. the contortion of her expression almost mildly perturbed as their eyes meet. like she doesn't know if she should acknowledge him or leave him be. elizabeth stands frozen, though no hackles rise. her shoulders lax, chin lowered, eyes soft with a sensuality she hasn't really known what to do with when unattached from his name. the strap of her dress falls with the looseness of her body. her stare remain fervently on nick's. smouldering greens. WORDS UNNECESSARY, meaningless with how loud their eyes speak even between the distance and glass windowpane. she doesn't question what he's doing out there. what brings him into the night. swears that even from up here she can see the same thing in his eyes as she just saw in hers while removing the days makeup away. ( or maybe that's wish her heart makes ) when he doesn't evade, she slowly slides the opposite strap down and lets it fall, and the dress falls to hug in a bunch at her waist. a cream coloured lace bra revealed in its absence. their gaze, UNBROKEN.










