♠ plotted with @spiral-cursed . ♠
SHE’D BEEN ON HER way home , sky still overcast after a rather heavy storm , but the scent of the rain was still heavy in the air . left her stepping around the slugs && snails that had wandered up from ground as the dirt flooded , hands shoved in her pockets . was altogether uneventful until , only a few blocks away from the apartment building she was living in , she caught sight of a figure huddled against the front of a building up ahead .
brows furrowed slightly as she’d approach , noted that the posture of the other suggested FEAR . of what , she couldn’t be sure , but the girl looked about her age , && she didn’t appear to be particularly dangerous . just terrified && crying so , almost automatically , mary would find herself stopping before the other , barely thought before she’d crouch down in front of her , albeit carefully in her skirt .
it wasn’t as if she really cared about the strange girl , of course . she was just CURIOUS about what it was that freaked her out so badly . besides , letting a girl sit there on the side of the street alone seemed dangerous . who knew what kind of person could come across her && try to do something ? didn’t want to be the reason the girl ended up dead . so instead , she’d try to talk to her , uncertain , but an attempt at comfort . or at least reassurance that she wasn’t some creep . “ sorry to bother you , but are you okay ? "
it was a stupid question , but the first thing she thought of . wasn’t exactly well - versed in how to handle people crying . especially not strangers , whose problems were probably none of her business in the first place . “ i mean — you need anything ? 'cause — it’s probably not really — SAFE for you to be out here like this . ”
