“ just tell me what you need. let me give it to you? ”
THE SMELL OF CIGARETTE SMOKE HANGS THICK IN THE AIR, clings to every little nook and cranny of your home that doesn’t feel like much of a home anymore. hadn’t really since that morning you woke up and your boy hadn’t been in his room, hadn’t been at the wheeler’s, hadn’t been anywhere. it’s been downhill from there. a body at the lake and they’re saying it’s your boy.
YOU KNOW IT’S NOT.
that thing, whatever the hell it was they made you look at, was not your baby boy, and you don’t give a shit who believes you or not. he’s out there, you’ve been through two landlines to prove that he’s trying to reach you.
THE LIGHTS DECORATING YOUR HOME IN NOVEMBER WITH LETTERS PAINTED HAVE PROVEN TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD.
you have no idea where he is, how any of this even makes any sense, and maybe you are fucking insane. you’ve heard it enough times, seen the way everyone’s looking at you, the way hop is looking at you, but you’re going to bring him home even if you lose your fucking mind because he IS out there, somewhere, alone and scared and hiding, and you ARE going to bring him home.
“you know what i need, hop?” you start and you really don’t give a damn about the hostility your voice carries, smoke welcomed into lungs once more. “i need everyone to stop, stop acting like they need to tip - toe around me! like, like i’m something that’s going to fucking break if you look at me the wrong way. i know what everyone’s thinking about me. i’m the nutcase who lost her mind ‘cause her boy -----” can’t stomach the word or the thought, head shakes. “that was not my will, hop. i know it, and i need you to listen to me.” tears are stinging at your eyes as they lift to meet @finalhorrors‘s. your plea lingers there too. “i need you to listen to me and help me bring him home.”














