a reason to run [closed]
morantem
being on her own was never a new concept for the woman.
hell, she was practically on her own the day she could walk. she had grown accustomed to silence, to looking out for herself only. self preservation is what kept her alive and under the radar for so long. but then they came along and it all changed.
she couldn’t lie. being with the little messed up family she formed was different. It changed her, but she was never sure if it was in the good or bad way. for awhile, it was as perfect as it could be. but the dirty little lies came forward and it cracked. they split, and for some time, it was just her and Amelia. but even that became too much, too painful of a reminder of what letting her guard down resulted in. so she too left. It wasn’t difficult to readapt to, she would say if you asked her. but it was.
she remembers the unfamiliar guilt in her chest when she briefly spotted asha over a year ago. no, she didn’t stay to talk, to fix things. she couldn’t. Lacie could not afford to let herself get back to how she was before. she had to be more of the heartless bitch many thought her to be.
( that mindset didn’t stop her from having others keep an eye on her former friends. especially Amelia. but you won’t hear her admit it.)
so when she hears that voice, her body tenses.inwardly, she’s cursing up a storm at god, but outwardly, she remains calm. her tone is soft and distant.
" Was passing through when I smelled them. Figured I’d stick around and see what was going on. “
“ Yeah, managed to sniff ‘em out too. They’ve been nesting here for a while and it’s getting pretty dangerous. ”
Amelia’s trying not to crack. She’s had a lot of practice in reinforcing her walls after what happened, how this kind of life didn’t exactly allow you to become so-- soft. Not to mention the circumstances of her and a certain Winchester and how that probably never should have happened. But life wasn’t that easy.
She scans Lacie up and down briefly and the memories are at the brink of flooding back in. This woman whom she should have feared was her best friend once, someone to rely on at all times. Someone who would have never let her down...
Someone who had a very strange, very special place in her heart.
(And it was about to reveal itself even further whether she liked it or not.)
She looks around and sees the local police interviewing neighbors, comforting people. They used to be pretty good at that together, a tough yet empathetic pair that made for a good team...
“... Lacie, I can’t cut around this anymore. I’m sorry. I’m always going to be sorry. And I know that’s not gonna cut it. But I am. ”













