@guiltburys : “i’m so scared of how this ends.”
he knows how this ends: a cell, barred walls, the world closing in, reputation ruined, punished for their crimes. this ends in flames, insanity, the destruction of who they used to be. how dare they think they can play GOD? how dare they decide who lives, who dies & who takes the blame. they’re pulling strings they have no authority to pull, toying with forces of nature that shouldn’t be toyed with. & he: a key element. the simple move of a tape in a locker has changed the path of charlie’s life forever, doomed him to a path of guilt & fear & running. forced to live with what they’ve done, forced to face the consequences of breaking the law. this ends in pain for everyone involved, ends in disappointment, ends in ruins.
but oh, charlie saint george couldn’t possibly think that way. face remains calm ( too calm, calculated, an act perfected ). no signs of nerves, no signs of the mess that is his head. a mess calmed only by the drugs, those same drugs he’d long since claimed to be clean of. but who could blame him for a slip in judgement? who could blame him for turning to old habits? turning against your best friend took a toll, even if said best friend had become worst enemy. monty’s not so empty threats may have driven charlie insane, but monty should’ve been convicted of crimes he actually committed. even bryce walker deserves justice. but he couldn’t allow that. blinded by love, or maybe it’s INFATUATION, pushed to do the unthinkable to protect someone that hadn’t yet returned his affections. the truth of the matter is clear: charlie made a mistake. he never should’ve gotten involved. but tyler deserved justice too, far more than anyone else did, & he’d planned to see that through. who knew justice was such a complicated thing?
❛ everything’s gonna be fine. ❜ words escape with a calmness, levelheaded as though this war was not constantly at play within his mind. he wonders if justin can tell, can practically sense the relapse, or if just like everyone else he’d be oblivious, simply happy to have an optimist around. charlie won’t push the limits, isn’t sure he actually wants to find out. ❛ we’ve been over the story a million times, ani told it perfectly. they’re not gonna find out. ❜ & if they do, it’s not as if it falls on justin’s shoulders. not as much as it falls on other peoples. no, when this all comes crashing down it’d only crush a select few. alex, ani, charlie. the others, they could easily twist their ways out of it. alex wouldn’t let jess get in trouble, no one would let anything fall on clay or tyler, the others aren’t nearly close enough to the crimes for it to hit them. ❛ you’re totally safe, dude. ❜