An average day at BB's Apartment From Hell
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An average day at BB's Apartment From Hell
I love the idea of Beyond being insanely tall, that would be funny because A not being truly short, actually being really standar almost tall, and then just stands there next to B and look really short, but my baby is just being compared to a fucking skyscraper.
TW: car crash
The rain falls in torrents. A relentless curtain that blurs the world beyond Aās windshield. His sedan hums along the deserted highway, the abandoned millās skeletal silhouette fading in his rearview mirror.
He is sits idly in the driverās seat; one hand loose on the wheel while the other drumming absentmindedly on his thigh. His dark hair is mussed, his jaw shadowed with stubble after a long week at the agency.
A drug bust from last week still clings to his thoughts, a mess of names, faces, and threats he canāt quite shake. Theyād taken down a mid-level dealer. It was a small victory, but the ripples of it felt wrong. Like a pebble dropped into a pond, disturbing something much scarier in its depths.Ā
Something tells him that itās connected to other seemingly unrelated cases; he just canāt prove it yet.Ā
Heās alone tonight. The road stretching almost endlessly before him, the cityās neon glow is distant noise. The wipers slap rhythmically, fighting a losing battle against the fierce downpour. Aās mind drifts to B, his partner against crime. Her mind as sharp as a blade, her eyes always catching the little details heād miss. God, sheās incredible. Sheās probably back at homeāhe thinks to himselfāhunched over another lame detective show, her hot coco and nine mini marshmallows gone cold and soggy. Her apartment warm. He smiles fondly, picturing her scowl as the characters do something too unrealistic for even her to ignore. A stupid grin spreads across his face.Ā
Then a flicker of unease. But itās just enough to make him glance at his rearview mirror. Nothing but rain and darkness. No cars. No people. He shakes his head, blaming the paranoia on too many late nights and too many cups of cheap coffee. The radio swells, a saxophone wailing like a wandering soul, he leans forward to twist the dialā
The world explodes.
A truckāmassive, black as oil, no headlights, no platesāslams into the driverās side with the force of a thunderclap. The airbags deploy.
Metal screams, glass shatters, and Aās body jerks violently against his seatbelt, his head snaps sideways, the force of it all slams his temple back into the shattered window. Aās vehicle spins, tires screeching, until it comes to an abrupt halt against a guardrail with a deafening metallic crunch.Ā
The air is thick with the smell of burnt rubber and gasoline, the rain hissing as it meets the crumpled hood. The attackerās truck revs. Its taillights vanish into the storm.
Aās breaths come in shallow, ragged gasps, each one feels like a blade stabbing through his chest.
Pain claws at him from every angle. His legsāGod, his legsāare trapped, the dash collapsed into a jagged cage around his thighs. The metal bites deep, and he can feel the warmth of bloodāhis bloodāsoaking his pants, pooling on the seat. His every breath a fresh betrayal. A gash on his head weeps blood into his eyes, blurring the world into a haze of red. His left arm hangs uselessly, he canāt feel his fingers there, his shoulder screaming whenever he tries to move even slightly.
Everything hurts. His body feels so wrong.
His thoughts are a scattered mess, slipping like water through his fingers.
He should call 911. He knows this. But somewhere in the fog of his mind, the number feels distantāsuch a useless and clinical thing.Ā
Instead, his heart reaches for B.
Her voice, her steadiness, the way she tethers him to reality when it feels like everything is moving too fast for him to keep up.Ā
If heās going to die, pinned in this wreck like some animal caught in a snare, he needs her to know what she means to him. He needs her to hear it.
His free hand shakes as he fumbles for his phone, the cracked screen hurts his eyes. Blood smears across the glass, his fingers are clumsy. He finds her caller ID. Madam Poirot ā„. Each ring an eternity.
His heartbeat feels like a countdown.
His vision swims, the edges darkening, but he clings to the sound, praying that sheād answer.
āA?ā She sounds so sleepy. She was probably just getting ready for bed, he can hear Winnieāher old goldenāsnoring loudly in the background. āWhatās wrong?ā
āBā¦ā His voice is a ghost, swallowed by the pain. He coughs, the taste of metal floods his mouth, coppery and sickeningly warm. āI⦠I messed up. Someone hit my car. I canāt⦠it hurts.ā
āA, where are you?ā Her tone shifts immediately, concern taking over, all focus and steel. She bolts upright, her wavy hair brushing her shoulders, her hand already reaching for her keys. āGive me a location. Now.ā
āIā¦ā His head lolls against the headrest, the world tilting. The rain is colder now, seeping through the shattered windshield, soaking his shirt. A soft whine slipping past his lips. āNot sure. Highway⦠past the old mill. I think. B, Iā¦ā Another cough, wet and awful, steals his breath. āI donāt thinkāā
āNo. Stop it, A. Youāre not dying.ā Her voice breaks, a crack in her calm, and he can hear the fear sheās trying so desperately to bury. āStay awake. I promise Iāll call back, but Iām calling 911 first.ā
āWait⦠please, just⦠please, listen to me.ā The words are heavy, each one a struggle. His chest tightens, the air feels so much thinner now.Ā
It feels like heās drowning.Ā
āB, youāre the best thing th-thatās ever happened to me. Best partner. Best friend.ā He tries to take a breath. āIāmāā then a shaky groan.Ā
Speaking hurts.
Breathing hurts.
āFuck. B, Iām so sorry⦠for everything. For dragging you into all of this. I just⦠I just needed you to know how much you meant to me.ā
āA, donāt you dareāā her voice quivers, raw and desperate, but to him, itās fading, slipping away like the rain into the gutters.Ā
The phone slips from Aās hand, clattering to the floorboard. His vision narrows to a pinprick, the world reduced to the sound of the storm, the fading echo of Bās frantic voice, the dull ringing in his ears. Or are those sirens? He doesnāt know.
Then nothing.
I will never fall for the propaganda that Beyond doesn't like physical contact. THAT MAN BEGS FOR HIS MAN'S ATTENTION .
i wish more people talked about A and B.. as in together. Beyond is (somewhat) popular- he at least gets art but its extremely rare that i see any A art, i know there's an artist that draws them together and I LOVE them but that's all i've seen... please create more A and B art I am so insane about those two.
Mistigram: Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make! This #blockASCII / #ANSIart portrait of #BelaLugosi in Universal's 1931 film adaptation of #Dracula was drawn by @axb and included in last month's spooky MIST1025 artpack collection.
till death do us part
Vintage Computers from the 80s that Never Were - Pt 2
The close up images of keyboards are amusing. I guess in this world they don't use as many letters.