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Hearts A Mess by Gotye

[will-archer]

text >> Piper

Piper: Yeah, I'm definitely keeping watch tonight.

Piper: I'm happy for you. For you both. You two deserve some good places.

Piper: No one even knows where you live, I reckon.

Will: Alright. The doors are all locked but I'll hear you when you get here.

Will: Took us long enough, but we finally got it together.

Will: That's a good thing.

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text >> Piper

Piper: No one else will leave. I can personally guarantee you that I won't. I'll stop by tonight and keep watch if you need to sleep. Don't sleep much anyway.

Piper: Believe me, that's a good thing that you can't.

Piper: Not unless he wants to be. But, I think the moon might be better for him if we're nearby to give his horse some peace.

Will: I'm exhausted. Mentally and physically, everything has just been too much.

Will: Yeah, despite everything we're actually in a really good place with each other.

Will: I don't want to leave him alone, so that plan works for me. No one knows we're here.

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text >> Piper

Piper: Good enough reason to come to a place.

Piper: You can do that, Will. You are welcome to do that but at the same time, I need to know when something important like someone leaving happens. The last time someone left had been Tori the first time, then Erick, and then...Tori. I need to know when someone leaves when someone is going around kidnapping others.

Piper: No. It's not on us. If something happens to him out there on his own, it's on him. He made the choice to leave. You are not going to be held accountable for what another person decided.

Piper: Nick's always been smart.

Piper: We're gonna be sticking around your place for the full moon. Doesn't feel right with just the two of us so we're gonna stay near Nick.

Will: I should have told you last night when he left. It was just hard for me to swallow, I didn't even tell Nick I just slept on the couch. But no one else is going to leave. It's just me and Nick and I'm not leaving his side.

Will: He seemed really scared and strung out. I'm worried about him.

Will: I can't hide anything from Nick.

Will: Does he have to be sedated this time?

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Nick: Is asking for you naked too much? ;)

Will: Maybe later if you play your cards right.

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Text ll Will

Nick: You ain't got nothing on me, babe.

Nick: I needed you here like ten minutes ago.

Will: That's the truth if I ever heard it.

Will: I'm coming. Need anything while I'm passing through the kitchen?

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Text ll Will

Nick: Then come in here and let me help you damn it.

Nick: it's my job to do that.

Will: I forgot I'm not the stubborn one.

Will: I'm coming, just give me a sec.

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text >> Piper

Piper: I'm not sure about Nick's reasons but for me, it's because I refuse to be run off. Been all around the States but Pickens is now home. I've been here too long to leave.

Piper: We are. I think of you and Nick both as my brothers but at the same time, I will never forget that I am also your alpha. I will fight rogues for you, I will kill for you, but at the same time, instinct demands order.

Piper: It wasn't your responsibility to get him to stay. Titus is doing what's best for him. Can't fault him for that. Titus comes first for Titus. You and Nick come first for me.

Piper: You are not Nick's responsibility. Whatever you two have going, it's not going to ruin things if you seem vulnerable to him. Reckon he cares enough for you that he'd comfort you if you did break down about Titus.

Piper: I don't mind chickens. Slept in nosier places.

Will: I only came here for Nick, because I didn't want to be alone in Montana anymore. For me home is just where my family is. I'm not attached to this town itself.

Will: I've never gone against your orders, Piper. But this doesn't have to be a dictatorship when there's so much at stake. We can work together, we can help you decide what's right. I need to know that if I have questions or doubts that I can bring them to you without fear of being run out of my own family. We're still new at this, we have to help each other.

Will: I don't blame Titus, and I don't care about him any less than I did. But if something happens to him out there on his own, that's on us.

Will: He's seen me vulnerable, I'm not worried about that. I just didn't want to give him any extra stress. Doesn't look like I'm going to get away with it though, he's already texting me.

Will: Do we have a plan for the moon? I can feel it coming, and ever since Nick was shot the moons scare me.

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Text ll Will

Nick: then tell me what's wrong.

Will: You already know.

Will: And I'm just so tired. From everything.

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Text ll Will

Nick: You sure about that?

Will: Stewing is sitting there in anger, that's not what I'm doing.

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text >> Piper

Piper: There isn't much of us left but we are left. We're bruised, broken, bloody but we are here. You're still alive, Nick's still alive, I'm still alive. We're still here, Will. I know it's hard but the last time someone came through this town and blew up a building and shot people, Nick and I managed to come back from it. We're going to come back from this. I promise you that.

Piper: Do I want to put you in the ground? No. I don't. I don't want to hurt you or Nick or anything like that. Contrary to popular belief, I'd rather not have anyone else die.

[Minutes later]

Piper: I know how it is to lose a friend, Will. I know how it is but you did not let him down. I've never lied to you before and I won't lie to you now so believe me when I tell you that you and Nick did not let him down.

Piper: You're right. I wouldn't be a good alpha if I let you do it on your own. You're doing it all on your own and I don't want you to have to do it on your own anymore. I've no excuse where I've been or how I've been dealing with things but I won't let it affect me anymore.

Piper: Reckon I'd ask if I could move in or nearby your lot to help out. Sold my cabin. Sold my stuff to raise some money just in case we need it.

Will: Why did we stay after someone blew up a building? Is it worth the risk? I don't want to lose any more of us, I won't be able to take it.

Will: I'm just saying there are ways to make your point without threatening to exile or kill me. I thought we were closer than that.

Will: I couldn't get him to stay. Everything he said made sense, and he's doing what he thinks is best for him, but it hurt to hear. I'm not about to abandon you or Nick.

Will: We're only strong when we're together. We can't afford to fall apart. I've been holding it together as best I can but Titus leaving just...it was too much. I can't break down in front of Nick, he has plenty on his plate already.

Will: There are a few small plots of land nearby if you wanted your own place, we'd have to look into it. You can always stay here too, as long as you don't mind the chickens.

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Text ll Will

Nick: You okay out there? I can practically hear you stewin' from here over something.

Will: I'm not stewing.

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text >> Piper

Piper: If you want to sass me, do it in person, Will. But I will warn you once, watch your mouth.

Piper: As long as there are horses in this town, there will be a herd. Nick's crippled. He's crippled but he is still alive. You don't want to be in this herd? I suggest you leave town because if you leave this herd and try and survive here in Pickens on your own, you will not survive. I guarantee that.

Piper: Yeah and look where it got me. Bunny left, Tori dead. Times are changing and this entire herd is going to change, but if you don't trust me, then get the hell out of this town. Get the hell out because I will not stand for this anymore. You keep backsassing me and acting like you are the only person doing anything for this herd, you are going to take the consequences that I give you. You want to leave? Get out because if you think I'm going to stand for a rogue horse, I'm going to put you in the ground first.

Piper: Am I clear?

Will: I'm not trying to sass you, Piper. And I never said I wanted to leave the herd, I'm just being realistic. There isn't much of us left. How do we come back from this?

Will: I've followed your word since day one. This is the first time I've voiced an opinion. Does that really warrant a threat to run me out of town and put me in the ground? After everything that has happened, everything we've been through.

Will: I didn't tell you about Titus until now because I was a wreck. I needed to get my head on straight, because he's my best friend and he left because we all let him down.

Will: I can't do this on my own. Titus was helping me out, but I'm Nick's sole caretaker now. It's a big job, and I'm not complaining because I love him, but it's too big for me to do alone. I need you, where have you been?

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text >> Piper

Piper: Are you a moron? You should have let me know the moment he left. Being busy around the farm is not an excuse to not let your alpha know that the rabbit left the herd because that directly affects the herd. I don't care if it was four fucking seconds ago, you fucking tell me.

Will: Excuse me? I don't know where you've been the past few weeks but you haven't said a /word/ to me since we buried Tori. Communication is a two-way street.

Will: What herd? There's nothing left. Titus left because we couldn't protect him, Nick will be crippled for the rest of his life because we couldn't protect him, and do I even need to mention Tori?

Will: I am the only able-bodied horse you have left, and I've been taking care of Nick on my own because you've been nowhere to be found. You want to take this all out on me?

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text >> Piper

Piper: Smaller place.

Piper: And you waited until now to tell me?

Will: It was /last night/.

Will: I've been busy around the farm and taking care of Nick by myself.

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text >> Piper

Piper: I'm selling it.

Piper: He okay? I need to pick him up someplace?

Will: Where are you moving to?

Will: He stopped by last night to tell me he's out of the herd.

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text >> Piper

Piper: Just finished talking to the realtor about the cabin.

Piper: What is it?

Will: What's going on with the cabin?

Will: It's Titus.