#august: threads

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@clairzcorner cont from here

He wasn't there to judge, he knew by now how Jane was and she would do anything to get what she wanted. Instead, he tended to her wounds while listening to her, a soft smile coming across his features. "You know, Jane, no one can ever say that you don't go all the way for something that you want. I'm just glad that you're okay, this could have been worse." He noted but left it at that, kissing the bandaged hand before he placed it gently back in her lap.

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@lithiumwolff asked: i'm not staring at you! i was just looking in that direction. (August and Lorraine)

"Mhm," August smirked, sitting up straighter. "So, your wall just so happens to be that interesting? Thinking of what might look good in the spot or something?"

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@finalgayze asked: I got branded. Sick, right? - Beatrice

Staring at her, August blinked at her and then gave a small smile. "Uh, I want to say yes, but I haven't seen what you went ahead and branded yourself with, B. So let me see it first before I answer, cause I want to be honest."

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@finalgayze asked: ❝ i will follow you. to the ends of the earth, to the very gates of hades and whatever might lay beyond. ❞ - Beatrice.

August hadn't been present nearly as much as he should have been the last two months. Now that the case was closed and the criminal locked up, he knew it was time to make up for that with Beatrice. Explaining everything, he was fully ready to grovel for forgiveness if he had to. Then she spoke those words and he stared at her for a moment. She wasn't mad, she wasn't thinking about leaving him (which was his worry since it happened so often with people in law enforcement and their partners). "Very poetic way to say that you're not leaving, but thank you. I appreciate it."

[gcldcnhour]

@awalkoflife continued from here it'd been three days since halloween and august felt like a shell of who she was. her mind kept replaying everything, the whole summer, the fall, and then that fateful night. each time he held her, kissed her, looked into her eyes she swore he was falling for her the same way she had with him. and then he'd gotten distant, after their day in new haven where she really thought this was it. this was the rest of her life. how silly of her to let her dreams and hope get caught up in some stupid boy. even if that stupid boy was james alcott. she should have seen the signs, they were there from the start, but she had let love blind her. and now he's standing in front of her dorm building, pleading and august knows she should say no - her roommate would be pissed to know she was even talking to him right now - but she can't help it. she has to know the truth, or at least what he thinks it is. "you can drive the loop around providence and back, but that's all you've got." she tries to stay sternly, but she knows it comes out weak and instead she's following james to his car, too many emotions filling her to be able to pull out just one. but she can't help but peek up at him, unable to find it in her to hide the love she still held for him.

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@awalkoflife continued from here

there's a bonfire going, their friends laughing and hanging off each other, drunk on the summer moon and cheap liquor. it's times like these that august looks at her life and really, truly, loves it. the boy she had been in love with for so many years was there by her side, her best friends gushing and basking in the warmth of the fire. this was how life was supposed to be, she just knew it. but james had wandered off a bit, august close to follow thinking he was just leading her away to kiss her away from watchful eyes. it's not until she's on him, arms reaching to curl around his arm when he mentions that he won't be there for much longer and her heart sinks. she attempts not to show it on her face though and just leans into him. "i know." she responds softly, gaze focused on the water that glistens under the stars. "but you're here right now right? we can...we can deal with the later when it comes." though she knew it'd come eventually and she was now sure that her worst fears with him would come true - he'd move on and never come back. "is everything okay babe?" she now dares to look up at him, fingers intertwining with his.