#𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 ;; luke sinclair

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‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎Kody inhaled sharply as his fingers dug into her side, knowing that there would be bruises left after his touch disappeared, lingering proof of whatever was happening. Or would there? Was any of this real? It had to be. Even her worst trips were never this bad but if it was real, that opened a door to a lot of questions that Kody didn't want to ask or have answered. A hand moved to rest on the back of his head, fingers gripping his hair as he continued to ravage her skin, wondering if they were past the moment of when she should have started yelling for someone. Clearly she needed help. Either he was planning on possibly killing her, or hurting her in some way, or she was hallucinating and, in either case, that wasn't great.

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎"Moved on?" she repeated breathily, teeth dragging over her bottom lip while she tried to make sense of what was happening. "Baby, no one is you." For better or worse. There would never be anyone like Luke, full stop. "But don't be mad now, we were never together, right? We weren't meant to be a real thing." The words had been on repeat in her head ever since she'd gotten that first text from his mother. Gold digging whore. Even if that hadn't been true, the two of them certainly hadn't been an item. "You really can't blame me for having a little fun, you know how I am." Maybe better than most and apparently he was still figuring some things out. It was crazy how much the brain still seemed to work after death. Or, supposed death.

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ As he finally leaned back, giving her just enough room to take a breath, Kody's grip on his hair tightened, pulling him even further away from her. She had no idea if it would hurt him or not, unsure if he could even feel anything but if he could...she hated knowing he probably would have liked it. "You left us, Luke. You brought us here and pulled your shit and left us." She had to believe that. Needed to believe that it was not her fault ( even if it was ). "And here's a secret, baby, since you like them so much. We couldn't have gone home, we couldn't have done anything. Not if your parents had anything to do with it."

luke's grip became constrictive , possessive . wandering fingers hooked around the notch of her waist , working to harshly bury their lustful tips into her side . " come back with you . . . ?? " luke mused . his laughter , slick with oil , rolling off of a forked tongue that came out to flicker against the protruding bone of her clavicle . " please , baby — you've moved on , haven't you ?? " venom tinged each word , punctured each syllable , oozed from canines that now scraped along jugular veins , with a half-minded temptation to sink into them .

" first ortesky , then me . . . now reeve ?? " he forced her back into his embrace , winding limbs around her like a boa , threatening to squeeze until eyes bulged & lungs crumpled in on themselves . " be honest , kody , have you & isla . . . " he drawled , vile laughter permeating the crisp air , drawing the lobe of her ear between his teeth , nipping too hard — too hungrily — at her flesh . almost like he wanted to consume it . swallow her whole .

" i always thought you to be pretty & harmless , kody , but . . . that isn't true , is it ?? " luke's nose traced the sharp edge of her jaw , deeply inhaling , a guttural groan of appreciation sounding — as. if the very darkness he knew to plague her mind , intrigued him far more than anything else about her ever had . " you're a wicked little thing . greedy . no better than the rest of them , "

only then did he lean back , pools of cerulean swarming with horrific malice . " i could have come home with you , but you left me here . you left me . "

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`✦ ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹ 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩

[kcdysb]

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎Kody couldn't make sense of what was happening right now. It didn't make sense. If Luke was a ghost, why did he feel so solid? Why could she feel him under her touch and more importantly, why could she feel his lips against her skin. It was cold but not...unfamiliar. Not completely unwanted. But she knew it should be. This couldn't really be happening. And yet, the ground felt real against her back as he curved over her, caging her in as his hand found her waist and for just a moment, Kody could almost believe they'd been thrown back in time, that none of this had ever happened. That Luke had never disappeared and his parents had never sent her those messages - but she couldn't live in that delusion as much as she wanted to.

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎The word home felt like a weapon when it came from his lips and she realized almost immediately that it hadn't been the right thing to say. How could it be? She couldn't help the small sigh that slipped past her lips as his lips moved along her jaw to her neck but something wasn't right. The smallest attempt was made to move out of his grip but it was near impossible to do so without him noticing, her eyes staring up towards the ceiling as he moved along her skin, a motion that now felt like a threat the closer his teeth were to her neck. Like he was moments away from ripping her throat out. ...He wouldn't do that. Not to her. Not Luke. And yet, her heart was beating faster, fear coursing through her veins because, as loving as the embrace might have seemed, she felt something dark beneath those words. "What - what do you mean? I don't want you to be lonely but I can't stay here. None of us should stay here. Right? Don't you want to come back with me?"

his smile changed . it did not shrink or grow , just as it neither tilted any further upwards or down . but , still , there was a distinct , unconcealed shift . the face of contentment to that of triumph . though , long before the question had even been asked , luke had known the answer . after all , his kody had always been such a —

" good girl . " his hold on her remained . with far gentler a touch , he leaned in & pressed eager lips just below her jaw . the man worked slowly . he burrowed his affection into the smooth canvas of her skin , writing a scripture of patient longing with his tongue . her question went ignored as he dragged his kisses from the sharp edge of her jawline down the slope of her delicate neck — sliding his thumb aside so he might better quench his appetite.

luke moved in closer , from the crouched balls of his feet to the points of his knees , curving his body over hers . encasing her in the cage of his massive frame . his other hand wrapped around the small of kody's waist , digging beneath her layers & kneading roughly at hot skin . " home . " he parroted the word back at her , the sound muffled as his lips continued their devotions . " you made this my home when you abandoned me here . i've been lonely . hungry . i think it's only fair i make it yours , too . "

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‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎It was strange, more bizarre than any trip she'd ever been on, even the trips that had shown her Luke, none of them had ever felt this real. Which made her believe that it had to be. And she'd never heard of a ghost being so solid before but he had to be a ghost. He had to be, right? Even though Kody didn't intimately know how the universe worked ( who did? ) she had to imagine that there were only a handful of explanations as to what was happening right now and most of them involved him being alive and being here, with her. But she couldn't help but doubt that. As far as they all knew, he was dead. But would it really be so bad if he wasn't? Kody knew she didn't want him to be, even after everything that happened last year, she didn't want him to really be dead. Even if - no, no, none of that mattered now.

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ For some reason the explanation made sense. She was the last one touching the board, she had one of the worst outcomes. That made sense. That wasn't personal....and her sight was coming back. It could have been worse. His touch was cold, sending a shiver up her spine as his hand moved from her chin to the back of her neck, her own hand coming to rest on his forearm and somehow she was still surprised by how cold he felt under her touch. His fingers dug deeper into her neck, not an unusual feeling between the two of them, and she only let him do it. "I am," she nodded, or at least attempted to nod as much as she could while he held her neck so tightly. "I am happy, Luke. I'm so happy we found you...why don't you come home?"

her voice was sweeter than honey , the melody of her words hanging in the thin space between them . a caged canary's song . it was why he enjoyed her so much . . . kody was so effortlessly good . she seemed to take comfort in her collar , & never tugged on the tight leash he kept . but , not even her eyes — those deep pools of molten chocolate — could melt the sheen of ice that coated his body like a second skin .

" bad luck , babe . you were the last one touching the board . think of it as a gift ; you didn't need to see all that . " his thumb & forefinger rubbed at her chin , gliding along the sharp of her jawline . swiftly , a ghostlike familiarity in the movements , his hand slid under the folds of thick , tangled hair before curling around the nape of her neck comfortably . " but , you can see me now . " his fingers pressed into the curve of her neck while his thumb wound its way around the side of its smooth , blood-slicked skin . the stray digit stroked gently , adoringly , before pressing in — tightening his hold around her neck . a possessive grip . needy , desperate , angry . " aren't you happy , baby ?? c'mon , let me see that pretty smile i missed so much . "

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‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎Kody froze. A shiver immediately ran down her spine at a voice she'd only heard in her dreams for the past year came from one of the corner's of the cabin. But no. No, no, no, Luke was not here. He couldn't be here. And even when she turned to look into the corner where she'd heard him, she couldn't see anything but that wasn't surprising considering how little her eyes worked right now. "Luke..." Kody mumbled, not trusting her own voice right now, not when the mere thought of some kind of Luke being here sent a shiver down her spine. This couldn't be real. It had to be some kind of after effect to what happened to her last night. The fire, the Ouija board...this was some kind of bad trip or hallucination even though she knew there was no way the shrooms were having any affect on her anymore.

‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎After a second, she could finally see some kind of shape moving, her heart starting to race. If it wasn't Luke, she had no idea who it was. Who would be pretending to be him? But it only took a few more moments before he was close enough, less than a foot away, for her to make out his features, ones that could have been real. Like he was really standing right in front of her, Kody practically on her knees the way it always used to be. And for a second, she could believe this was real. That Luke Sinclair himself was really here. "You..." she started, voice shaky as he tilted her face side to side, like taking stock of everything he'd done. "I couldn't see. Why?" That was the only thing that mattered to her. The blood she could understand in a weird twisted way but the blindness had been personal. She wanted to be mad at him, to yell at him for what he'd done to her but maybe she had deserved it and they both knew that she couldn't do that. She couldn't be pissed off at him even though she had tried to be at several points. "I...do." And she hated herself a little bit for that.

" and what's step two ?? changing out of those rags , i hope . " his voice broke through the air like the sharp ring of a bell , disrupting the sullen serenity of dawn as it rolled over the mountain's peak . like a spider , luke stood hunched in the room's corner , blanketed by shadows , with his hands shoved deep within the pockets of spotless slacks ( concealing their twitching ) . still , despite the darkness to which he clung , that sinister sparkle of his too-white teeth shone eerily . a grinning cheshire , toying with a battered mouse . " i'd be more than happy to help with that . "

finally peeling himself from the old , paneled wall , luke stalked into the room , the weak rays of light dusting sharp features kindly — bringing a light to his clear blue eyes that , otherwise , was not there . steady , strong , and rhythmic were his footfalls as he closed in on the scarlet-washed woman . less than a half a foot from where she sat , he stopped , his shadow blanketing her — too opaque , too present . slowly , luke bent down until the two were eye-in-eye , close enough for her to really get a good look . his grin only grew .

one arm rested atop bent knees while the other reached forward , taking hold of her chin between two cold , commanding fingers . " shit , ko . i really did a number on you , huh . " he tilted her head from side-to-side , admiring his handiwork taking in the mess that had been made of her . he couldn't quite decide which was prettier : the soft features of her rounded face , delicate as a cherubs , or the sanguinary hue he had splattered over it . the man brought her face center with his once more , pressing a tender , familiar kiss between her brow . " but you forgive me , don't you ?? yeah . . . you do . "