#tara: thread.

[bloodyraw]

@doomdays: i know how to act like i'm fine.

so does tara, because that's all she did for the beginning of the year, pretending to be fine, like what happened back home didn't have any impact on her, no matter how much it seemed to worry sam. doing that felt easier, less embarrassing, than admitting the truth, the fear and the heartbreak that amber's betrayal left in her, but after the second attack, she knows better, because no amount of pretending saved her from it happening again. so she catches hope's words, her brows knitting together at the word act. “but are you, actually?”

[notvictims]

@ladyintree “you could do better.” it's not that tara has anything against mikayla—she can be funny sometimes (a heavy emphasis on sometimes) and she's definitely easy on the eyes, but tara knows how it feels to be strung along. the situation with amber was different, of course, something she refuses to talk about out of heartbreak and embarrassment, but despite the differences, she still knows how it feels, holding onto hope over mixed signals. “i'm telling you this as a friend—she's kind of annoying.”

[notvictims]

i'm not going anywhere. @doomdays

for years, that's all tara ever wanted to hear from her. she was angry and hurt after sam left, of course, but more than that, she just wanted her sister back. she hates that it took all of this to get them there, for them to be a family again, but she'll take it nonetheless. “you promise?” her voice wavers with doubt, because while she wants to believe sam, her trust is broken after amber. “you're going to move back in with mom, or...?”