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@t3nets, DEER LAKE, EARLY MORNING.
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT GROWING UP IN RED CREEK ( about having escaped unscathed ) — violence was a phantom, just a big bad her father conjured when justifying curfews, a story woven into her life's fabric through whispers and murmurs, but never quite pressing itself against her skin. she moved through it like a smoke too, never inhaling it deep enough to make it her own.
until now, when it had flung itself onto her doorstep ( because what is deer lake if not a second home? )
there he was, its harbinger, body sprawled in the reeds like a puppet whose strings had been cut. her heart slammed against her ribcage, a frantic staccato that echoed in her ears. her sanctuary of stillness had teeth too, it turned out, and dead creek's same rotting pulse. the trees loomed above her, their gnarled branches reaching for her like claws. something jagged and unforgiving festered in the lake's blackened depths - and now, it was wholly hers to sift through.
“shit,” she muttered, the word escaping her lips in a burst of fog. she forced herself to move towards him. his coat hung from his frame in shreds, barely clinging to him like torn fur on a hunted beast. her throat burned as she knelt beside him, the snow seeping through her jeans. up close, the details were worse. his chest rose and fell in shallow, broken movements, each breath ragged, wet, like something inside him had torn. her hands hovered over his wounds, trembling — useless. "greer," recognition strikes her even through the bruises, the blood trickling from his mouth.
“i’m gonna get help, okay? i'll get help," the words are a fragile promise that spill out from her in a rush as she fought to keep the panic at bay, gloved hands already fumbling for her phone in her back pocket.
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* ❪ ⛓️ ❫ : 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 to reject the determination of someone putting in their all to save you. by pure trust no less. she didn't know that he didn't deserve her help. didn't deserve the fear that plauges delicate features, derived by concern of safety over judgement of how this all came to be. no one was left in this condition without cause. not by mugging, not because he had looked at someone the wrong way. yet there she stood. firmly. hands up to calm a wild mustang, hurt and whale eyed as it limps on three working legs. the high that envelopes him is familiar, not by simple weed that grows in a garden, stench equivocal to a good night's sleep. it's different. intense. where greer should be begging for an ambulance, to set him free from the pain in any way imaginable, instead he's lost in a state of euphoria. numbness that clouds him horrendously. a cocktail of synthetic opioids that breaks him entirely of his sobriety, kicking in to mask the pleasure amidst the pain. despite it wearing off slowly, his senses are a separation from pain and pressure, providing a brief break from actuality. the lines of greer's face become grim, hardening as he stares at her, pupils blown out. soft brown corroded into an unnerving black. ❛ if i go to the hospital, they'll take my daughter away from me. and if they take her away from me, i will come for you. ❜ the severity in his voice isn't an indication of immediate violence. rather, space for her consideration. something promised with regret. but without hesitation. ❛ do you understand ? ❜
but he knows that she's stubborn. a bull with its horns poised for an impending attack. every muscle bracing for impact. two opposing forces, guided by an instinct to provide and protect. greer has seen her in the act: the way she moves around her siblings, her cousins who are just as high on the totem pole. fierce in nature and tenfold when something is awry. a stark contrast to the woman who heeded his every request.
selin. nour. he had to get to them. he needs to be sure they're okay. they're okay. they're okay. they're okay. the image of bright eyes widening with the shock that had set in when she first caught sight of his mugshot. pasted at every corner of his daughter's school. where shame usually had no place in greer's heart, it had rose from an unmarked grave, hands clawing at the dirt of an aching gut as it made way to a stuttering heart. settling deep behind his ribcage and making home there with a sinister gleam. neither of them deserved this. not even damla, a mother who risked being seen with him. every decision greer had made — coming home and leaving the woman he claimed to love, in tears. flaunting every night with the phones and duffel bags that had clanked on their kitchen table. the plate she had left out for him stale and cold as she tried her best to stay awake. titanium safes locked tightly and away from wandering eyes. a peacock fluttering its feathers without care — every single decision, made with utter selfishness. he was a fraud. playing pretend, pretending to care, to give a fuck. convincing himself it was all for them. history seldom repeat itself when you decide to change. decide to become a better person. but never when your history is all you ever were. a mangy creature, beaten and thrown into the brambles for its mere existence.
fuck that. there was no time for pity, no room for it when he had been through this times before, though motivation is no longer set in the ways of a man seeking adrenaline. instead, of a father. a father who wanted to see his daughter grow. sends him leaping despite the frost that he doesn't feel, numb to the cold that threatens to shut greer's system down completely. a compromise sets into his skull, pulsating as the concussion sends his vision into a blur once more, dried blood crowding around his eyelids in a ring of fire. ❛ i can't see anything. it's all— ❜ a hand waves in the air as a demonstration of mayhem. a muddle of gray and blue tones. ❛ if you're gonna stay. if you're gonna do this, can you— ❜ a gesture to slink underneath his arm, brows pulled together in a pleading expression. ❛ just tell me where to go. but don't lead me to a fucking car, damla. ❜ a pointed look; didn't trust her not to pull into an ER in an act of impulse. ❛ she lives nearby, i swear. that's all im askin.' ❜ a wince, ribs shifting underneath bulking weight as he stands up straight, already moving toward the direction of a melting pathway; with or without her help.
THE WAY HE HAULS HIMSELF UP JUST TO SNATCH HER PHONE — it’s as if the help she’s offered is a knife at his throat. she doesn’t have time to resist, mind stalling on his plea: no police. you can’t tell anyone. you have to go. her body stills too, and in the silence that follows, fear slithers in. she can taste it on her tongue, metal-slick, and she swallows around it with a throat that suddenly feels two sizes too small. she can't help but wonder what kind of terror would render an effigy into the mess before her. a pounding ache blooms in her chest, sharp and restless, like a second mouth threatening to tear through her ribs. she wants to listen. she wants to run. she stays.
it’s when he says bronte’s name that something inside her snaps, a wire drawn too far. the name hangs in the air, heavy and out of place. the nurse. damla pictures her bright face, her calm, the way she fits into damla’s life in a way so unremarkable it’s almost sacred. a friendly face, nothing more. certainly not someone who belongs here. confusion is a living thing, a swarm of gnats buzzing around her ears. the words that spill from her are sharp, stripped bare of any patience: “stop it, greer. you aren’t thinking straight.” but he doesn’t. rattles off a number, voice urgent, insistent. for a moment, her mind wavers. she could call. could walk away, leave him here — lungs rattling, eyes desperate — if only to avoid the same fate. but the thought sits rancid in her gut.
“i don’t — ” her voice wavers, thinning to mist as her gaze darts between his trembling hands and the heave of his chest. “i don’t understand. what’s she supposed to do?” a mass of feelings rising like water she can’t tread against. “you need — ” she hesitates, the word help burning her mouth, unspoken. damla feels torn, daughter and mother all at once, the weight of both pulling her under. the daughter in her feels the old wounds tear open with the sick twist of another child losing their father. the mother in her hesitates, unsure. fight or freeze. stay or run. and beneath it all, the fear: what if i make this worse? she swallows it. again.
with the ancient, glacial need to be the voice of reason: "no — i'm not calling anyone but a goddamn ambulance and i'm sure as hell not leaving until i know you're safe."
#* ❪ ⛓️ ❫ ﹕ 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲. / thread.#* 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 : greer & damla .#blood tw#injury tw#violence tw#drug tw#drug addiction tw#we can timeskip next reply to them being there !!!!!!!#holiday hours kickin my ass im sorry x100 </3#rusticjpg.
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THE WAY HE HAULS HIMSELF UP JUST TO SNATCH HER PHONE — it’s as if the help she’s offered is a knife at his throat. she doesn’t have time to resist, mind stalling on his plea: no police. you can’t tell anyone. you have to go. her body stills too, and in the silence that follows, fear slithers in. she can taste it on her tongue, metal-slick, and she swallows around it with a throat that suddenly feels two sizes too small. she can't help but wonder what kind of terror would render an effigy into the mess before her. a pounding ache blooms in her chest, sharp and restless, like a second mouth threatening to tear through her ribs. she wants to listen. she wants to run. she stays.
it’s when he says bronte’s name that something inside her snaps, a wire drawn too far. the name hangs in the air, heavy and out of place. the nurse. damla pictures her bright face, her calm, the way she fits into damla’s life in a way so unremarkable it’s almost sacred. a friendly face, nothing more. certainly not someone who belongs here. confusion is a living thing, a swarm of gnats buzzing around her ears. the words that spill from her are sharp, stripped bare of any patience: “stop it, greer. you aren’t thinking straight.” but he doesn’t. rattles off a number, voice urgent, insistent. for a moment, her mind wavers. she could call. could walk away, leave him here — lungs rattling, eyes desperate — if only to avoid the same fate. but the thought sits rancid in her gut.
“i don’t — ” her voice wavers, thinning to mist as her gaze darts between his trembling hands and the heave of his chest. “i don’t understand. what’s she supposed to do?” a mass of feelings rising like water she can’t tread against. “you need — ” she hesitates, the word help burning her mouth, unspoken. damla feels torn, daughter and mother all at once, the weight of both pulling her under. the daughter in her feels the old wounds tear open with the sick twist of another child losing their father. the mother in her hesitates, unsure. fight or freeze. stay or run. and beneath it all, the fear: what if i make this worse? she swallows it. again.
with the ancient, glacial need to be the voice of reason: "no — i'm not calling anyone but a goddamn ambulance and i'm sure as hell not leaving until i know you're safe."
* ❪ ⛓️ ❫ ﹕ 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁, a beast hooked on adrenaline as he twists lacerated knuckles deep into the snow with a grimace, pushing himself up to face her. shaking his head incessantly at her suggestion, he reaches out to snatch the device from her hand and hold it tightly in his palm. ❛ no. no police. ❜ stare boring into her own, eyes an intense plea to listen to what he says next. he's taking her wrist gently into his free hand, panting with the effort of depleting air function. every breath a syringe of freon that jams between each rib bone, ichor dribbling from the ends of his lips in an eruption of internal havoc. ❛ damla, you need to listen to me, okay ? please. ❜ expression softening, already apologetic. guilt riddling the arteries that push the slowing beat of his heart, encased by the chill that threatens to freeze it still. teeth chatter as he slides her property back into her grasp, tapping at the screen. ❛ you can't tell anyone about this, okay ? i need you to just do me a favor. ❜ a grunt before he presses on, knowing that he's risking it all. aware of the consequences that may come when telling her his next location. disclosing who else will be involved in such a fucked situation. ❛ just one and then you have to go. ❜ certain in this demand, by no means a request, removing his grip to cup his side instead. a ragged cough insists greer reposition himself, off from his side until he's sitting slightly more up. back against a crooked oak tree that conceals them. ❛ i need you to call someone. her name is bronte. bronte dubois. her number— ❜ an attempt to remember, instinctively floating his hand over the snow, tracing the number back despite the concussion that swells his skull in a pestering rhythm. ❛ her number is nine zero six . . . two nine four, five zero one zero. tell her she owes me that favor. and she owes it now. ❜ a wince as he twists his hips, granting him the momentum to shift on one knee, balancing against the bark that digs its splinters within a mutilated forearm. a wheeze at the crackle that sparks beneath his torso. body protesting, warning him of the hazard of a collapsing lung. every movement a risk, pointed bone inches away from puncturing vulnerable organs.
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* ❪ ⛓️ ❫ ﹕ 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁, a beast hooked on adrenaline as he twists lacerated knuckles deep into the snow with a grimace, pushing himself up to face her. shaking his head incessantly at her suggestion, he reaches out to snatch the device from her hand and hold it tightly in his palm. ❛ no. no police. ❜ stare boring into her own, eyes an intense plea to listen to what he says next. he's taking her wrist gently into his free hand, panting with the effort of depleting air function. every breath a syringe of freon that jams between each rib bone, ichor dribbling from the ends of his lips in an eruption of internal havoc. ❛ damla, you need to listen to me, okay ? please. ❜ expression softening, already apologetic. guilt riddling the arteries that push the slowing beat of his heart, encased by the chill that threatens to freeze it still. teeth chatter as he slides her property back into her grasp, tapping at the screen. ❛ you can't tell anyone about this, okay ? i need you to just do me a favor. ❜ a grunt before he presses on, knowing that he's risking it all. aware of the consequences that may come when telling her his next location. disclosing who else will be involved in such a fucked situation. ❛ just one and then you have to go. ❜ certain in this demand, by no means a request, removing his grip to cup his side instead. a ragged cough insists greer reposition himself, off from his side until he's sitting slightly more up. back against a crooked oak tree that conceals them. ❛ i need you to call someone. her name is bronte. bronte dubois. her number— ❜ an attempt to remember, instinctively floating his hand over the snow, tracing the number back despite the concussion that swells his skull in a pestering rhythm. ❛ her number is nine zero six . . . two nine four, five zero one zero. tell her she owes me that favor. and she owes it now. ❜ a wince as he twists his hips, granting him the momentum to shift on one knee, balancing against the bark that digs its splinters within a mutilated forearm. a wheeze at the crackle that sparks beneath his torso. body protesting, warning him of the hazard of a collapsing lung. every movement a risk, pointed bone inches away from puncturing vulnerable organs.
@t3nets, DEER LAKE, EARLY MORNING.
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT GROWING UP IN RED CREEK ( about having escaped unscathed ) — violence was a phantom, just a big bad her father conjured when justifying curfews, a story woven into her life's fabric through whispers and murmurs, but never quite pressing itself against her skin. she moved through it like a smoke too, never inhaling it deep enough to make it her own.
until now, when it had flung itself onto her doorstep ( because what is deer lake if not a second home? )
there he was, its harbinger, body sprawled in the reeds like a puppet whose strings had been cut. her heart slammed against her ribcage, a frantic staccato that echoed in her ears. her sanctuary of stillness had teeth too, it turned out, and dead creek's same rotting pulse. the trees loomed above her, their gnarled branches reaching for her like claws. something jagged and unforgiving festered in the lake's blackened depths - and now, it was wholly hers to sift through.
“shit,” she muttered, the word escaping her lips in a burst of fog. she forced herself to move towards him. his coat hung from his frame in shreds, barely clinging to him like torn fur on a hunted beast. her throat burned as she knelt beside him, the snow seeping through her jeans. up close, the details were worse. his chest rose and fell in shallow, broken movements, each breath ragged, wet, like something inside him had torn. her hands hovered over his wounds, trembling — useless. "greer," recognition strikes her even through the bruises, the blood trickling from his mouth.
“i’m gonna get help, okay? i'll get help," the words are a fragile promise that spill out from her in a rush as she fought to keep the panic at bay, gloved hands already fumbling for her phone in her back pocket.
#* ❪ ⛓️ ❫ ﹕ 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲. / thread.#* 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 : greer & damla .#rusticjpg.#SORRY THIS IS L8 AHHHHHHHH ive been fighting for my life#violence tw#body horror tw
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