#aurora:start

[bcrdots-blog]

“So I was looking up that dream you told me about, and like I thought, paintball has a lot of interpretations…” He tapped the page of the book opened on his lap, too excited to look up and check if the person who had approached him was who he was meaning to address. “You have potential to accomplish something great, but have to be careful about being ambushed— both literally or figuratively, I guess— by people around you. Even the color of the paint has meanings. Isn’t that… cool—?” He glanced up at the end of his sentence and trailed off, his smile slipping from his face. “Oh, I, uh— you’re not who I thought you were. Sorry.”

[pennysilvers]

One thing that never changed for Penny was her love of the sun. The days it shone brightly through the cloudy cast of the Aurora skies were the days she loved the most, she’d pack up her things, a blanket, her books and pens for studying, and she’d get the leash on her overly obese golden retriever Doug, telling her roommate she’d be back with him later, and make her way to the park closest to her apartment building. While the sun was just barely peeking through the clouds, it was warm enough to make her skin tingle and her eyes squint, a soft smile spreading across her face as she got Doug situated with his chew toy and bowl of water, before spreading her blanket out and laying on her back. She was going to spend the first few minutes soaking up all the vitamin D she could, in nothing but a flimsy tank top and shorts, she closed her eyes, humming happily as she skipped through various playlists on her phone. Though the warm peacefulness only lasted a few moments, until she could feel a shadow being cast over her, and she opened one eye to see who was blocking her sun, a less than pleased look on her face, “Don’t make me be rude, obviously I’m trying to enjoy my day, step to the side to talk or go away.”

[thxmashxpes-blog]

“ Every time I open up it hurts. I honestly feel like I’m suffocating every time I even think about it. ” Thomas said offhandedly as he looked up towards whoever was near and listening to him. He wasn’t normally like this. His nightmares had just been getting worse. “ Is it even normal that I feel so alone when I try to talk about what happened? ”