#river im threads.

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @hclywars

"what are you doing here, baby?"

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @citrusfield

the second that one of their friends had read out mandy's text about not coming out tonnight, river had peeled off from the group, ignoring complaints about how they were gonna be late to the halloween bar crawl as if any of that shit really mattered. she promised they'd meet later and power walked their way to her dorm. it's been a week, give or take a few days since they'd last spoken and while river has resigned herself to accepting that things can't go back to the way they were between them, they've been thinking. a lot. they refuse to be the reason mandy misses out on halloweekend, at the very least, so river makes her way to her door, knocking insistently when she gets there. she's thankful at least that she second-guessed the beetlejuice costume, because being dressed as corky from bound is a lot closer to her own personal style. whatever this conversation is gonna be, she wants to do it while not looking like an idiot. when the door opens, they talk before mandy can tell them to fuck off... which she probably won't, but it's deserved. "why aren't you coming out tonight? good excuses only, because if it's 'cause of me i'll just do something else, cause that's bullshit."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @citrusfield

"kicking him in the nuts was a total accident, i don't get why you're so pissed off at me."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @persephonyed

"grab my hand again and i'm shoving you off the couch."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @cigvrettedvet

"you shouldn't be here. i don't need distractions right now."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @silencedmoths

"this is so fucked. i'm not getting murdered by some douchebags with small dicks."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @scbrvght inspired by

"it's cute that you keep saying that — but we both know it's a lie."

[felteverywhere]

closed starter for @fvlsegcds

god, river hated seeing her like this. syd wasn't the kind of person you wanted to see teary-eyed and pitiful, but that was how she regularly arrived to her apartment. these days she'd gotten good at the routine, she got her a glass of something — water or wine depending on her mood, she turned off overhead lighting, maybe got her something to eat, put on an episode of gilmore girls... but mainly they held her. river wasn't this gentle with everyone, maybe with another girl she'd be more irritated by the willingness to go back to a jerk like her boyfriend, but syd made her tender. "hey," their voice was soft as they brushed her hair back out of her eyes, tucking strands behind her ear gently and cupping her cheek. "some douchebag who apparently doesn't even make you cum is so not worth all this. you know that, right?" she wanted to make her laugh, but it was also true, even if she didn't know that.