â Â đ. Â |Â IT IS STRANGE TO ALLOW SOMEONE INTO YOUR HOME, after all these years of loneness. Â she is unused to the presence of another body that clutters up her corners, the act of, in some ways, creating a home for someone else. she has offered a safety, and that safety has, in some ways, been accepted. the woman finds herself at an impasse, unwanted and unsure. the other woman sits at her table, her table, hands full of a meal just made: a turkey's leg, stolen and smothered, collard greens in stew, golden honeyed cornbread. You're a hearty one to feed, Eve had said a week before. You might eat me out of my season's harvest. today, the affection in her voice is distilled between her syllables, the words in her mouth hard and jagged as rocks. she sits opposite of her visitor with her own glass of ( also stolen, ) whiskey; it is raised to her mouth and she drinks quick, the liquid burning against her throat. â haven't told me why you're back here. i don't do kindly with secrets, not here. â a loose threat against her tongue. another sip of bitter drink. she watches the woman eat her food, at her table. a creeping of dread courses up her shoulders and spine.
the woman [ @queenwolf ] takes her time with answering, eve would expect nothing less. despite her annoyance, she lets the woman turn the words on her tongue. and then ââ â i donât know what to do... â says she, at a stranger's table, eating a stranger's food. Eve bristles. Eve takes a deep swig of whiskey.
â what do you mean ? â at the back of her neck, a transformation threatens this lining of peace. despite her steadiness, the slight haziness of alcohol begins to itch behind her eyes, teeth fighting to sharpen against the curling of her mouth. the woman stands from the table with her glass, takes a step backwards. â don't bring me any of yourself. i do not want to see it. keep it outside, your mess, unless you are paying me for helping you. â