#hauntfcrged

[intcthatgoodnight]

@hauntfcrged

The woman before her had said something but Nell had only caught pieces, like a faulty radio. “I’m sorry, what did you say?” Had Nell only imagined the words Hill House, or had the woman truly said them? She seemed vaguely familiar … had Nell seen her before? “Are you a colleague of Steves?” She wasn’t sure why that thought came to her. Maybe Nell had seen her at one of those book signings where people asked her brother about ghosts and he lied for money. Maybe she had been at the one Nell crashed a few days ago and that’s why she looked familiar. Nell shook her head as if trying to shake away the fog that weighed her down and left her confused.

[intcthatgoodnight]

@hauntfcrged

“No one is allowed in or around that house.” His words came out harsh, perhaps harsher than he really meant and almost immediately he felt guilty for snapping. But Hugh had lost count of the number of people who tracked him down to try and get access to Hill House - paranormal investigators wanting to write a book or film a show who promised him a cut of the money, random people with theories of mold or toxic fumes who claimed they would ‘find the truth’ of what happened, even a bold few accused him of murder and hiding evidence - so many people, who all had no clue the horror he was saving them from. Hugh let out a tired sigh and shook his head. He had heard a little about the Warrens who were apparently pretty popular in the paranormal world. It didn’t matter if they were legit or not, the answer was the same. It would always be the same. “Look, I’m sorry, but I won't change my mind on this. No one goes in that house.”

[mortvaryassist]

@hauntfcrged asked ❛ There are few things harder to bear than remorse. ❜

a hum fell past his lips at her words, nodding his head slowly. ❝ i know. ❞ he responded simply. throughout the years that he's been alive, he had gone through a lot of hardships in order to get to where he was now. he's sure everyone goes through those hardships, though he believed that his were worse.

[mortvaryassist]

@hauntfcrged asked "Hold my hand. Take a breath. You're here. You're safe."

he turned his attention to her before his hand reached for hers, clutching it lightly and his fingers curled around hers after a moment. he inhaled deeply and let his eyes fall closed for a moment, holding his breath shortly before he exhaled slowly. he nodded slowly.

[wolfisheart]

lorraine @hauntfcrged said, ❝  a tender heart is a courageous thing to preserve.  don’t ever be ashamed of having one.  ❞

" you know, " he can't help the small grin that forms. both elbows prop up on his knees so he can hunch over. pinched between two fingers on his left hand is the cigarette he'd been smoking before company came over and sat right next to him. lorraine was beautiful and hale would be lying if he said he hadn't thought about her stepping all over him on more than one occasion. but, that was definitely not the direction of their current conversation.

" i think you're the first person to ever insinuate i'm a tender anything. " the grin turns a little more solemn as thoughts of hayden move to the forefront. as a younger man, he'd been cocky and loud. as an adult, the army made him more quiet and his moral compass even more skewed than it had been previously.

" i'd burn the world for certain people and then i'd let others burn. nothing tender about that. " or even courageous.