Apr 30, 2016
@suffocatingfear / starter call.
It’s as dead as it always gets around this time of night ( see: very, very late, when sensible people are sleeping ) and only Deke’s around to see it. He likes to do this, sit around in the dark when it’s just warm enough not to be a nuisance, likes to soak up the stillness. So, imagine his surprise when that stillness is disrupted, when out of the black comes a figure.
If he were anybody else, he might be worried this was the Cherry County Ripper, ready to come take another victim. But Deacon knows better.
‘ Little late for a stroll, ain’t it? ’ His tone is casual, voice quiet. Martha’s sleeping inside and he’d hate to wake her up. ‘ And dangerous, I’d say. ’