#thread: persephone

[perfectregret]

Persephone was glad that she’d been able to clear up the awkwardness with Dean, even if it had been through text and then she’d somehow managed to create it all again when she didn’t read his text properly and mistook his kid’s mother for his girlfriend. She felt like a complete idiot but somehow he’d still wanted to meet up with her at the party, so she’d texted him when she’d arrived and she was currently stood in the large kitchen, leaned against one of the counter with a drink in hand as she waited for him. There was no stopping the smile that tugged at the corner of her lips when she finally spotted him, waving a little as she did. “Hey.” @wcrstorm

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She felt like she couldn’t breathe, despite the fact she was pulling in large deep gasps, she wasn’t exhaling them properly enough to catch herself. Persephone could barely make out Finn as he walked away from her, tears fully falling now as she sobbed loudly. Shakily she pulled her phone from her pocket; she wanted to call her brother, she needed to call him but she couldn’t make anything out on her phone nor could she really use it as tears smeared across the touch screen. Persephone knew that she looked a right state, breaking down in the middle of the town square before she could find the courage to will her feet to move. She had no idea where her brother was but she was closest to his work and she set off there, trying to compose herself somewhat but all she could picture was Marcus showing up before her like Finn had minutes ago. Persephone had attracted more than enough attention just walking to the Wakefield Gazette office and when she finally reached the building and headed inside, the receptionist looked startled. “Orion... I need Orion...” She managed to get out, words shaky and broken as sobs wracked through her. @qvietwhispers​

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She wasn’t really sure what to expect when turning up to the event, her brother and his partner had explained it a little but both told her it was better than they could describe. They’d only been here twenty minutes before she pulled herself away from the pair, exploring the town square to see what it had to offer. It was as she near the hot chocolate cart that she spotted a familiar face with a sigh of relief. “Stella!” She called out as she moved towards the woman. @wcrstorm

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It had taken a while for Persephone to calm down, well not exactly calm down because she was still shaking but enough that she could somewhat compose herself enough to leave Owen’s work and go get her things from the inn. She hadn’t wanted to move back into her brother’s house, feeling like she was taking over and also that she didn’t want to cause any trouble if Marcus did in fact show up, especially since Owen and Mari had kids. But equally, she didn’t want to be on her own so she’d agreed to stay for a few days until she could sort something else out, not that she had any idea what that would be. Owen had driven her to the inn and she’d had to convince him to stay in the car, she needed to go alone and plus she wanted him to keep a watch out for Finn because she couldn’t handle bumping into him again. As she walked up to the main door, she wiped her eyes with her sleeves, trying to hide how red her face and eyes were for the amount of crying she’d done. She kept her head down mostly as she moved into the reception but with not exactly watching where she was going, she collided with another and stumbled back. “Shit... I’m sorry” She breathed out without even looking up. @qvietwhispers​

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With Marcus in town, Persephone knew she had to tell Robyn everything that had happened and was currently going on. There was never going to be a right time to tell her; Owen & Mari had only found out because she’d come to the states and Adam had only found out because Finn had shown up in town so of course Robyn needed to know now that Marcus had shown up. She was still in shock that he’d come, showing up at her work of all places and part of her wanted to just believe it was all a nightmare. So, after Owen and Mari had taken the kids out, Sephy had dropped Robyn a text for her to come over so they could talk alone. She bit at her lip as she walked into the living room, setting both their cups of tea down on the table before she sat beside Robyn and inhaled loudly. “I need to tell you some things about back home and I need you to try not to freak out, okay?” She told Robyn, toying with her hands in her lap. “It’s about Marcus and when I came here. Why I just upped and left Brighton.” She exhaled slowly, trying to figure out how to phrase things. “It wasn’t bad in the beginning, I want you to know that. Things were good, really good but... Then they slowly weren’t anymore.” @qvietwhispers​

[perfectregret]

Deep in the back of her mind, Persephone knew it wouldn’t take long for Marcus to find out where she was staying but having the reality of it staring at her straight in the face as she read through the encrypted chat messages only made the whole thing hit her like a tons of bricks. She hated this, how she was dragging so many people into the mess  she’d created by coming and staying in Wakefield. Part of her wanted to take it all back, to never have come in the first place and just have dealt with her problems alone, figured something out and even now as she sat alone at one of the old unused lifeguard huts dotted along the beach, she debated leaving. She’d come straight here upon leaving Dean’s apartment, feeling like it was the closest she could get to feeling like she was back in Brighton. The good part that she remembered. Sat with one leg swiping off the edge of the platform, the other pulled to her chest as she stared out towards the sea. @qvietwhispers​​

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It had been a few weeks since Persephone’s panic attack that Marcus was going to show up after getting information from Finn Walker that she was in town but so far there hadn’t been anything. She still hadn’t moved back into her brother’s place, instead extending her stay at the Magnolia Inn because at least if Marcus showed up then her brother wouldn’t have to lie and pretend that he didn’t know where she was. Between her shifts at the gym, seeing her brother and running basic errands, Persephone kept mostly to her room at the Inn, just to be safe until Finn had left town. She was currently heading home from doing a brief shop at Rafters, one headphone in as she walked and flicking through her phone to find another song, still dressed in her work uniform from the hub. It was as she looked up and pocketed her phone that she saw the one person she had been avoiding steps away from her and looking right at her. @fadiingstarliight​

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"Oh my God, it’s bloody freezing.” Sephy chuckled as she pulled herself closer to Dean, her arm linked with his as they walked down the beach. “This feels more like being back in England walking down Brighton beach than what’s suppose to be sunny South Carolina.” The brunette teased with another chuckled, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear and trying not to spill the takeaway cup of tea in her hand in the process. She’d managed to move her afternoon classes to another trainer so she could just spend the whole day with Dean, hoping to take his mind off all the drama surrounding his mum and cousin with the election. She was on edge a bit knowing Finn was back in town but with Marcus locked up, she tried not to worry too much about herself but more about what it was doing to Hayley. But for now, she was focusing on Dean, squeezing his arm as she walked with him. “If my hands drop off later, I’m blaming you despite this being my idea.” @wcrstorm​