#𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐇𝐂 ][ never gonna miss a shot

[tornsurvivors]

How does Nicole wind down after a long day ? Does she have any routines or anything that help with this?

Reading is something she used to do often as a kid before she was kidnapped by Kane. Whenever she visited her Grandmother with her mother, they would take her to the library to check out books and she would sit in the bay window at her Grandma's house and just read.

It was something she reverted to not too long after escaping captivity. It had been difficult for her to do anything normal again for a few months, always looking back over her shoulder and worrying about protecting her mother. So reading again was a therapy for her in a way.

Other than that, she would also spend time with Kristen whenever possible and helped out at her bakery that was left under a trusted management. She also would go for a drive in her Chevy Camaro if she wasn't too exhausted.

[tornsurvivors]

The sound of the bell over the entry door every time a customer came in was almost muted to Nicole. But still audible. It was just familiar and inviting in a sense. Familiar in the way where the traumatic past of her childhood wouldn't dare interfere in her doing something she loved. It helped her forget the depths that life could reach and she learned on at a young age -- literal hell was the farthest it could reach.

But that bell? The almost muted jingle was enough for her to forget about how much she despised finding a strange comfort in holding a gun and knowing she would never miss her mark. The same gun that was locked away in a safe in her apartment ever since her escape from Kane's captivity.

This was why she's in this bakery, trying to move on with her life and leave that horrific past, along with the unwanted comfort it gave her in a gun, behind her. Greeting kind faces of various customers, from teenagers with an appetite for a snack after school to mothers trying to calm their rowdy children and the elderly who loved their tapioca and prune danishes. Each face would give her that sense of normalcy.

It's so unfortunate though... her past wasn't going to let her go that easily. She knew that as she heard the distinct tone of the most hated monster ( --a charming politician to everyone else ) on the television before she snatched the remote from the counter and switched channels. Ignoring the knowing glance from a younger employee, Ashley.

The girl knew how much Nicole hated the news, but she'd never understand why Nicole hated that specific politician. She'd never know of the burdens that would add weight after weight on her shoulders with each News broadcast. Never know of how Nicole could feel the devil's hot breath drawing closer with each passing day.

Nor would Ashley know of how her entire world and fabricated life of normalcy came to a screeching halt when the next muted jingle came. Because the girl had left for her lunch break when it happened.

Slight, just slightly, unnatural blue eyes stared back into bright green. Unusually brighter than the last she remembered seeing them before her coma.

That's when she knew she had to stop running, even as she refused to entertain the idea of joining Kristen in the fight against Aiden Kane -- more so when they caved in to the pressure of their touch-starved state and let themselves feel again.

It wasn't till much later that she decided the normal life was nothing more than another fairy tale for them.

[tornsurvivors]

𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑬 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑬 (𝑶𝑪) 𝑻𝑨𝑮 𝑫𝑹𝑶𝑷

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NICOLE EXISTERE » angel with silver wings and a broken halo NICOLE MUSINGS » humanity is nothing without empathy NICOLE HC » never gonna miss a shot NICOLE AES » fell from heaven to fight the devil NICOLE THREADS » fight for your right to live NICOLE REL » i’ll throw away my faith to keep you safe ( nicole x kristen )

( updated tags ) 

𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄 ][ angel with silver wings and a broken halo 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ][ humanity is nothing without empathy 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐇𝐂 ][ never gonna miss a shot 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐄𝐒 ][ fell from heaven to fight the devil 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒 ][ fight for your right to live 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐋: 𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 ][ I’ll throw away my faith to keep you safe