Her free hand cards through his hair, slow and soothing. She peppers kisses across his breast.
"I ran away."
She lets the admission hang there, the corner of her mouth pulling into a wry smirk.
"It wasn't that the job couldn't wait. I was here. I saw the strange mist, an' the chill, an' folk were takin' ill, an' I — I couldn't stay. Them dreams y'describe? I had someone get inside my head, few years back. It was 'round this time'a year. He was — sentencin' me t'death. An' it felt — real. Everythin' felt ... Every year since, on All Hallows' Eve, I have these nightmares that I'm talkin' t'dead folk. But it's real, it feels real. Last year — it was my daddy."
She tucks in her chin, pressing her mouth against him for a few seconds. The memories are clearly playing through her mind. She takes a breath, and rests her cheek against his heart.
"He rejected me. For what I've become. Y'know, he was the only thing I had — the only family I can remember. It'd always been him an' me, an' — he was jus' so disappointed. Maybe it is stupid, but I — things started turnin' here, an' I couldn't bear the thought'a facin' him again. So I ran away."
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Her free hand cards through his hair, slow and soothing. She peppers kisses across his breast.
"I ran away."
She lets the admission hang there, the corner of her mouth pulling into a wry smirk.
"It wasn't that the job couldn't wait. I was here. I saw the strange mist, an' the chill, an' folk were takin' ill, an' I — I couldn't stay. Them dreams y'describe? I had someone get inside my head, few years back. It was 'round this time'a year. He was — sentencin' me t'death. An' it felt — real. Everythin' felt ... Every year since, on All Hallows' Eve, I have these nightmares that I'm talkin' t'dead folk. But it's real, it feels real. Last year — it was my daddy."
She tucks in her chin, pressing her mouth against him for a few seconds. The memories are clearly playing through her mind. She takes a breath, and rests her cheek against his heart.
"He rejected me. For what I've become. Y'know, he was the only thing I had — the only family I can remember. It'd always been him an' me, an' — he was jus' so disappointed. Maybe it is stupid, but I — things started turnin' here, an' I couldn't bear the thought'a facin' him again. So I ran away."