⋆·˚ ༘ * 𝑷𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧.ᐟ

𝙋𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

all my grief says the same thing —— this isn’t how it’s supposed to be. and the world laughs, holds my hope by my throat, and says: but this is how it is.

𝓝𝗈 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀.

ㅤ ⚕⸺ 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙮𝙚𝙨.ᐣ 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. ⸺ ⚕ ㅤ

𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘮 .

⠀' you know you can't protect everyone , right?' ╱ 'i know. but i have to try.'

ㅤ ㅤ make dangerous friends, be prepared for dangerous outcomes. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ regular ol’ sweetheart, Piper— always got the most charmin’ things to say. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ or don’t wake up at all, yeah. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ people already like me. until they don’t. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ some light fussing, trying to keep the reporter away. an eventual relenting, huff of air as they’d move the fabric in the way. lucky for them, no bullet. it happened to be a switchblade, did some nasty damage before they’d taken out the raider who did it. — ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ doubtful. highly doubtful! unsurprisingly, if you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout the content of folk, the pay increases tenfold. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ almost instinctively they’d turn away from their approaching companion. quick blow of the air they’d just sucked in, fixing bent posture. “ Just . . . taking in the scenery, Piper. ” inflection spoke of pain when words did not, rising with in inhaled breath and — ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ below the third or fourth rib is usually the easiest path— shame the other knew ‘er tricks. too much time spent with the OB. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ ‘ah should hijack the Publick from ya, make my first headline: ‘ Local Nuisance Found Dismembered. ’ then, like a game ‘ah hide an’ seek, put pieces of you ‘round the town. sounds like fun to me. ㅤ ㅤ

ㅤ ㅤ hand cradled over a wound. light, gentle pressures which wouldn’t aggravate the amateur stitching. shouldn’t be out exploring. shouldn’t be out doing— yet here they are, overdoing it. ㅤ ㅤ