#julie TToTT!!!!! easily grossed out jock to jock communication

[lifesver]

@mysticwrit said: " it's too much, i'm gonna be sick." julie!

he thinks he'll be sick, too. leland inhales shakily, turning his eyes away from what was absolutely a dead body. flayed of skin, until there was nothing but dark red sinew — hard to connect the grisly image to something that used to be human. something that was a very real possibility in their future, if they couldn't find their way out of here. but there's no escaping it — the thick smell of rot permeating the already-airless basement.

leland pauses, summoning his best attempt at stoic when he turns to face julie, hands coming to steady her at the shoulders. he gently bumps their foreheads together with a weak laugh — which is all he can do not to cry. even in the end, his voice still catches the tremble; ❝ h — hey, jules, i know. i — i know it's scary. just... try not to think about it, okay? lets just keep going. we can do this. ❞ they have to, they have no choice. he offers her his hand — to help her step around the haphazard lump of gore blocking the corridor — and a flimsy smile. not his most convincing show of bravery to date. ❝ you can stay behind me, if you want... just — don't look. we're gonna find the others, and get out of here. i — i promise.❞