#shivmisty

[kimwexlers-brownhair]

Oh nooo I just realized Misty would probably at some point try and tell Shiv that she smashed the tracker device and Shiv would be furious because that's her life she took from her 💔 And maybe Misty accidentally almost kills her and Shiv survives and doesn't tell the others because she knows Misty is too important to the team to lose right now but holds onto that leverage and coldly warns her to watch herself, and the betrayal probably helps trigger Shiv's descent into Loganifying and maybe she even comes to understand why Misty did it in a way as they're both living out a power fantasy.

Oooooohhhhh shit!! I had already planned to rewrite the smashing scene thusly, and that just adds to the crazy irony of it all:

"Hey, uh, Misty?"

The flickering light from the campfire below turned Shiv's hair into a fiery halo. There was still a little soot on her cheek from the crash.

"Yes, Shiv?"

Shiv's arms were crossed, and she seemed a little tightly held in -- almost awkward. She looked away and her brow furrowed a touch as her gaze fell on Coach Scott a few feet away. He was whimpering and crying out, his stump still smouldering.

She slowly raised her finger and pointed. "Uh, what's going on with him now...?"

"I cauterized it."

Shiv's eyes went round and wide for a moment. She opened her mouth and closed it. She was quite pale, and just stared at Misty.

Misty never thought she'd ever be in the position to want to hurry along Siobhan Roy, but she did need to pee --

"Is, is that what you wanted to ask me?"

Shiv blinked, coming back. She squeezed her eyes shut, shaking her head, much like she had that faraway day when she'd insulted Misty and apologized. "No, no. Um, I just wanted to say," she angled her body slightly away and bit her lip, obviously uncomfortable. Still, she soldiered on. "I just mean to say, you have been...fucking...awesome during all this."

Those blue eyes met hers and they cut through Misty like a laser beam in the darkness. "Like, fuck, Misty. What would we even be doing right now if it wasn't for you? Just..."

She sighed and tilted her head. For a few moments she studied Misty, silently. As if re-appraising her.

She reached out and tucked some of Misty's wild hair behind her ear.

"Just, thanks. Thank you, Misty." A quick almost shy smile, then she turned and headed back to the group huddled and laughing by the fire.

Yet all Misty could hear was her heart hammering against her ribcage.

Shiv needed her.

As if sleepwalking, she marched a little ways away into some secluded bushes. She crouched, pulling down her pants.

Slowly life returned to her. Shiv...Shiv said...

Her cheeks were on fire, and she felt like crying and laughing.

What would we even be doing right now if it wasn't for you?

Purpose, clear and true, swelled in her chest.

Shiv needed her.

All at once, red flashed out from the brush in front of her -- a blinking, steadfast, angry red.

[kimwexlers-brownhair]

Nnnggggg and Shiv enabling it because no one, fucking no one has ever mothered her, and the devotion she sees on Misty's face in these moments gives her that rush of power she’s always been so hungry for nnnnngggg

Also I just realized the mommy issues in Shivmisty would go crazy 😵‍💫

[myplasticadversary]

Also I just realized the mommy issues in Shivmisty would go crazy 😵‍💫