a declaration of that weight is something that should bring joy . . . but instead it sends panic running along her spine, chills following in its wake. ❝ jesus . . . why can’t you leave it alone ? ❞ not because it was something unwanted, but because it was everything she did ( but love is what nearly ended her life once before & she was unsure that survival was an achievable option again ). ❝ you don’t fucking get it, evan ! ❞ in a way it’s not his fault . . . he can’t understand what she never explained, yet it doesn’t make cold sweat dry any faster ❝ you don’t know what the fuck i’ve done. ❞ the blood that sticks to her skin & is impossible to wash away, the memories that haunt the darkness behind her lids . . . each story of that night told in a map of scars & she was unwilling to give him the key. glossy eyes shut & shaky hands reach up to run along her features trying to scrub away the misery that’s molded onto the lines of her face. the urge to run too much to ignore, unwilling to admit the reciprocation of her own feelings, letting herself love someone as good as him would only end in his demise. he needed to follow a path of light, not the dim flames in the distance that offered no promise. gathering her things in hurry, carelessly shoving them into her purse before pausing, teeth sinking into her bottom lip ( a needed goodbye stuck in her raw throat ). ❝ just . . . ask athena for my file, it’ll change things. ❞
&. @fire-hoes prompted: “ don’t you understand ? i love you. & nothing you’ve done, no matter how much of a monster you think you are, is gonna change that. ”








