he nurses a small, stolen bottle of whiskey, letting it soothe the pain that echoes from bloodied, broken knuckles. he will mend -- he always does. yet anything to sate the feeling, any feeling at all, does well by him. green eyes stalk her face ; this porcelain doll, doused in her own scars and parading within the hollow of her own demons. she is pretty, he decides. too pretty for this. he doesn’t say anything as he watches her from across the room, sat in that dirty little corner. he’s a stranger in this familiar ballet. this lingering waltz that must be dealt with before the moon is lost. it’s better they don’t know each other’s names. better to keep this formidable distance carved between them, rigidly. he takes another swig, and sniffs sharply at the rot beginning to churn in the air. surely such a stench were festering there, in this abandoned hellhole, long before they showed up to bury bodies. surely. @murderfiend | sc