* protective prompts • ACCEPTING
↪ @icebloods whispered ; “ i know you don’t need my help. but i’m offering it anyway. ” <3
a blank stare ahead, blood dripping down her chin and soaking her blouse — mae doesn’t even really realize he’s speaking until he’s taking a gentle hold of her hand. ❝ i’m sorry, gio. ❞ the words sound far - away, like they don’t really belong to her . . . she’s not even entirely sure what she’s apologizing for, or what she’s even THINKING. her mind feels like white noise, and giovanni may not think so — but his help is needed more than ever in this moment. she swallows down her feelings, or at least tries to, her gaze cast downward as he guides her to the bathroom. she hears the shower turn on, and gio’s hands on her waist — he asks her to lift her arms, but it sounds warbled . . . like her head was underwater when he tried to speak to her.
but the blonde is lifting her arms anyways, glassy eyes not daring to look him in the face as he undresses her. ❝ i didn’t . . . i - i didn’t mean to do it. ❞ a shake of her head, features twisting up into something unreadable. when mae finally lifts her head to look at him, crimson liquid spills from her tear ducts and down her cheeks. ❝ i - i’m just a blood hungry monster. ❞










