𝑯𝑬'𝑺 𝑮𝑶𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑵 / blood work , gun work , demons and angels and the slew of them. the kingdom of heaven has marked you boy , marked you body and soul. there is a desperation in the line of his back , in the stiff way he held his shoulders , the constellation of anxiety settled in him. forget butterflies , HE HAD MAGGOTS IN HIS GUTS. his time on the rack hadn’t made him stronger , ripped apart and soldered back together the fault lines of his spirit were easy to trace with a careless hand. easy to pick apart with a practiced ease. another day on the road , another day at the edge of the end of the world and he’d always said he’d go down swinging but —— the sun in the sky , the smell of cut grass. SAVE THE WORLD TO STRUGGLE ANOTHER DAY. his beer sweats in the sun , tastes like hopps and watered down piss , thinly veiled excuse to get away from the maddening crowd , hood of his baby is popped and he finds a wrench in his hands he hadn’t used in —– weeks ? days ? months ? it was hard to remember. times had been simpler and ain’t that a kick to the teeth ? SAVING PEOPLE / HUNTING THINGS ! he’d never tried to save the whole damn world. seemed like now he didn’t have a choice. “ clara , “ he doesn’t turn around , eyes trained to the bolt he’s undoing. “ don’t try to defend yourself , okay ? don’t be so —– “ he doesn’t throw the wrench. sets it down and turns to face her , trades tool for beer. just another thing to keep his hands occupied , to keep his voice from wreaking damage: another kind of sawed off. “ never do it again. “