@detectdrew sent : “ [ 📲 • sms ] —— are you ignoring me? ”
( SMS » NANCY ) : not on purpose, i swear. ( SMS » NANCY ) : i’m studying for my ap history exam and kinda lost track of time. ( SMS » NANCY ) : what’s up?

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@detectdrew sent : “ [ 📲 • sms ] —— are you ignoring me? ”
( SMS » NANCY ) : not on purpose, i swear. ( SMS » NANCY ) : i’m studying for my ap history exam and kinda lost track of time. ( SMS » NANCY ) : what’s up?
&. @detectdrew prompted: ❛ what if something happens to you ? ❜
it’s easy sometimes . . . to forget, that even after all this time she’s still cautious to believe that any of them would throw themselves on the line for her, for what they all tangled themselves into that first night. that she doesn’t understand that despite everything it didn’t matter to him what she was asking, he’d be willing ( except if it meant not following the trail of riddles she was carefully attempting to avoid leaving ). pieces of shattered glass a clue to a puzzle he was struggling to solve, finger pads dripping crimson while he gathered abandoned shards. avoidance was one of the many skills that nancy drew excelled in . . . just still wasn’t used to him being on the receiving end of it. they sit the farthest from another, familiarity of the claw doing nothing to close the even larger distance that existed in a liminal space. digits pause upon keys, eyes daring to peek upward to see that she was hovering outside a wall she painstakingly built by hand. a huff, one mangled with frustration, he couldn’t help her if she didn’t let him . . . not that it would stop him from at least trying ❛ i’m not worried about me, nancy. ❜
misses her, them . . . that sense of purpose that came along with the force of nature that she was, helping people even when they couldn’t help themselves ( made him feel like he wasn’t stuck at the dead end he nearly trapped himself at ). ❛ do you remember what i told you, when you wanted to know why we were all still here ? this is what friends do . . . they show up. ❜ it didn’t matter that just friends was far from what he wanted ( but that he’d settle if it meant that’s how he kept her in his orbit ), that she had broken his heart when demanding to know what exactly he saw in her eyes ( all he had been able to see was fear . . . & the knowledge that she wasn’t going to let him be there to help her fight it ). tucking a lock of brunette that had fallen forward, shifting in his seat to turn slightly toward her, an earnest expression painting features he’d spent weeks schooling ( concealing every feeling in the hopes that it would be enough that she wouldn’t run from every room he stepped into ). a case was a peace offering in it’s own way, something they were good at long before he had been ready to acknowledge what remained buried under the surface. they made a great team, & while he might have been lacking before . . . he had something to offer now, ways to help her. ❛ there’s nothing to be afraid of . . . you’ve got great instincts, i’m just following them. ❜ run, i’m doing this for us.
chin rests on her left hand, mocha hues watching nancy attentively as she waltzes around the kitchen. ❝ hey, nance? ❞ bess begins, sipping on her teacup for a rather dramatic pause. ❝ do you know why hasn’t ace been around in ages? ❞ bess knows, but this is a recognition mission / she cannot show signs of knowing exactly what had happened between the two.
@detectdrew liked for a one-liner.
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🦋 » what would your character do if they knew they could not fail ?
if she knew that she could not fail she would go back into the happy fun ball & send that poor horned devil back to the hells . it’s selfish . it’s not even for him but that’s what she would do because she can’t bear to think about it trapped there , forever . if she didn’t deserve it , neither does anyone else .
&. @detectdrew prompted: ❛ the idea you had of me , who was she ? ❜
in that year of knowing her time had become a sort of anomaly . . . one year had felt like they lived a lifetime ( tragedy had a way of slowing moments ). they had been broken in ways that even now sent a chill curling down his spine. but even then he wouldn’t take any of that time back . . . jagged pieces glued together to form a new reality ( one where he wasn’t lacking . . . where there was purpose & drive ). nancy gave him that, & while she had abandoned her roots, he chose to stay & grow in the town that held his beginnings. settled in life in a way that was acceptable, manageable ( one where fear didn’t rule ) but if he took the time to investigate that missing pieces of the puzzle he’d be forced to admit that the feeling he had on that trip all those years ago with amanda had returned the day nancy drew left horseshoe bay & hadn’t looked back. the rejection of his confession still lingering long after the door of his apartment had slammed shut & the mystery of the fear behind her eyes left to be unsolved.
❛ the hero of horseshoe bay. ❜ a curve of lips present at the reminiscing of a time where as complicated as things were . . . they made sense. after she left it was as if she had become a sort of legacy . . . a ghost story that couldn’t be resolved. every now & again the town would recall what it had been like to have nancy solving every problem that had been presented. in some ways they had carried the mantle, but eventually their own lives took over & there wasn’t as much time & effort put into the investigation that had given him purpose ten years prior. ❛ maybe you still are. ❜ now she’s back, a case bringing them all back together & the doubt that coats her tone is familiar but unwelcome in his opinion. knew what she was capable of, what her blinding determination could achieve & despite everything that had existed once between them, he still would offer his help. in his hands are a file regarding the body that had showed up a couple days prior, the suspicion in his gut that she wouldn’t be far behind had proven him correct, his chest tightening as those windows bess had once spoken of creaked open yet again. ❛ knock em’ dead. ❜
@detectdrew gets a starter ➵ eli stock .
❝ 𝐡𝐞𝐲. 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? ❞ eli stood outside the old austin house –– it was often rented out over the off-season, but in the summer, the family hired people to clean it out. but in all the years eli’s mom had sent him over to vacuum the carpets and dust the corners with his siblings, there hadn’t been anyone there. but now there was, and she was staring at him like he was there to rob the house. ❝ I’m uh–– guessing you don’t need cleaning this week, huh? ❞
&. unprompted ramblings for @detectdrew ( i just wanted to write it into existence cause it means everything to me ).
horseshoe bay comes with a familiarity to storms . . . the rain & wind crash against glass with the same force as the waves do against the shore. if there was any lead any of them discovered tonight, sleuthing would have to wait until this passed. nostalgia wraps around his throat & squeezes tight enough that he nearly chokes ( it’s been awhile since all of them were gathered against the bar of the claw ). george & nick bicker in a way that causes his head to shake . . . bess chiming in with a little more aggression than usual ( chalking it up to caution in granting forgiveness on their previous dismissals despite saying otherwise ). but the thing that grabs focus completely is nancy’s silence ( the least unusual occurrence to be had they all would argue ). features pinched, her eyes bouncing between them while they volley hushed words in rapid succession, it can be overwhelming even for him at times & she’ll never remind them to offer her a spare minute to catch up as the weather created an extra kind of hurdle.
allows a brief grace period before stepping in, laptop shut quietly before being nudged off to the side ( hidden frustration rolls off her shoulders like suds from a dish ). a hand coming to rest at her elbow, squeezing gently in an offer to pull her attention toward him, mouth pressed in a line while his gaze searches hers ( a silent conversation passing between them that never seemed to need words anymore ). grateful to the skill that’s allowed him some form of conversation with his dad despite the silence that often had filled their former shared space. digits gesture through the words, lips moving at a normal pace while he signs outside of the argument still being had ❛ george thinks nick is hovering too much again . . . ❜ unfortunately ace understood too well the worry that pumped into his friend’s frame each time george was out of sight ( it mirrored what he felt when auburn hair finally disappeared from view ). ❛ bess is on team girl power. ❜ lips tilting upward in a grin, it was a spark notes version at best but enough to bring her up to speed before she surely crashed into the conversation. ❛ i’m taking switzerland on this one. ❜
nancy drew prompted : “ i don’t wanna sound like a wimp but this is really freakin’ me out. ” @detectdrew / injury prompts
she twists around to face the other girl, her flashlight aimed directly at the other’s face. ❛ bless your heart , nancy drew. i didn’t take you for a quitter . ❜ the words slip past painted lips in a teasing tone. ❛ ain’t afraid of a little ghost now are you ? ❜ she tilts her head. IF ANYTHING , SHE THOUGHT NANCY WOULD ENJOY the aesthetics that come along with entering an abandoned asylum in the middle of the night. nonetheless, she wraps an arm around the shorter girl’s shoulder. ❛ now, sugar, there ain’t nothin’ to be afraid of. not while i’m here. ❜ savannah meant every word of that. now, if nancy had been sent in here with just logan or god forbid alone ... she could understand the hesitation.
she clicks on the light strapped on her forehead, illuminating the hallway in front of them. ❛ now , let’s go find us a real live ghost , huh ? ❜ she grins , arching a brow.