☆ @luckybcy has asked : ☆
[ cover ] for your muse to cover mine with a blanket or a jacket
she’d recognized the uniforms from the moment she saw them . she’d known it would come eventually . that either the adults in towa city would find her or future foundation would . she’d already tried running , but she hadn’t gotten very far . the attempt had only earned her scraped knees && palms && a forming bruise on the side of her forehead . it was inevitable that they would catch her .
&& this was the inevitable conclusion — sitting there at the edge of the sidewalk with her wrists bound together , watching as adults in black suits went about their business — nothing good , she was sure . probably deciding what horrible things they wanted to do to her now that she’d been caught . or maybe they were trying to find the other kids so they could also catch them . or maybe they already had . what if they’d already killed all of her friends ? couldn’t do anything but sit there && think about these kinds of things . hope the others actually managed to stay hidden from the adults .
she’d been too wrapped up in her own fears to hear him approach . only noticed when she felt something touch her back — instinctively flinched away — eyes widened as her heartrate quickened , every muscle in her body tensed . but — when she looked , it was nothing more than heavy black fabric . a jacket , just like the ones every adult there was wearing . or — all but one , now . but — why ?
wide eyes turned upwards — anxiously assessing the adult who had approached her . he looked — ordinary . but usually those adults were the worst ones . gaze returned to her hands quickly — nails dug into the raw palms of her hands . as if not looking at him could hide the fear that made her entire body shake . “ what do you want ? ” a quiet , nearly accusatory protest . might have almost sounded intimidating , had her tone not trembled under the weight of his gaze .
