❝ if they do it again, you tell me. ❞
i’m actually too lazy to link the meme OOHDSDHSOHFHG
she can’t help the small sniffle that escapes her. evelyn lets her legs dangle off the leather couch, staring at the fireplace, she holds the stuffed animal close, cheeks red. “i-i want my mu--mum..” evie whispers, hiccuping between breaths from the crying she did earlier as she stares at allen & hannah inform john of what happened. a member of the resistance tried to grab evelyn, saying how an eight year old doesn’t belong in a...what did he say? a... cu...cult?
that she doesn’t belong in a cult.
when her mum had tried to reach for her...evie isn’t sure what happened next, but there was blood coming from her mum’s leg.
as john kneels to meet evie’s gaze, she can’t help the quiver in her bottom lip and the urge to lunge forward and hug him. but she feels frozen in place as he speaks, there’s a small sob that comes from her and she brings the teddy bear closer, shaking.
“i...i don’t want it to happen again..! you won’t let it happen again, r..right!?” she’s almost pleading with john, quiet whimpers escaping her. hannah glances from john to evie before slowly placing a hand on her shoulder. it was suppose to be comforting...but it only felt like she was being grabbed again. she’s quick to get off the couch and hide behind john. everything reminded her of her step-father. the grabbing---the feeling of bruises forming...she’s trembling as she looks to john, eyes watering up before she hugs his side with the teddy bear, sniffling even more.