ELEANOR HADN’T EXPECTED any of her siblings to return so swiftly , at most she assumed it would be years upon years before they dared , or gathered enough emotional longing , ( like what had happened to their mother , although in that case they staid away out of sheer bitterness for what happened ) venture back into hill house after the ordeal that happened almost two years prior. currently nell sits in one of the many rooms of hill house by herself, legs drawn close to herself as arms wrapped ‘round her knees && the side of her head rested against the glass of a window she’d been peering out of all night. earlier she’d felt this twinge inside her chest , a nagging inside her heart that she didn’t exactly know the meaning of━something inside of eleanor told her to WAIT, that something she would be both happy && wary of was bound to happen that evening. ; it’s then , when her mind reminds her of this feeling , does the spirit get the slightest glint of headlights in the distance or hear the soft sound of tires moving around gravel . . someone was coming , but who ? moving from her spot , eleanor rushes out of the room before sprinting into a jog toward the staircase where she’d stood when her BROTHER arrived unexpectedly. eyes watched as he entered hill house , head swiping from side to side out of caution before the pair caught one another’s eye !
A MOMENT IS HELD BETWEEN THE TWINS , steady eye contact as nell;s eyes become watery. feet move on their own as she rushes down the stairs with the fabric of white satin following suit. touching the ground floor , eleanor instantly opens her arms for luke to whom is taken into them HAPPILY. cheek mushes against his chest , eyes closing as nell cherishes his presence. ❝ i’ve missed you too , luke. every day i miss you && every day i think- ❞ words stopped all together as she comes to a realization : she can’t feel him anymore. ; a sharp breath was taken into unused lungs , water forming quicker in her eyes as luke , as usual , rushed to her aid━to comfort her. nodding her head , nell follows instructions as eyes close. ❝ what is me remembering going do to ? i still won’t be able to feel you- ❞ argued the other. / @innocencestole cont.
