𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ

“I guess one advantage to not having a mouth is that I can’t 𝘱𝘶𝘬𝘦.”

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦… 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴.

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@bornincaldecott Eyes down, looking at his feet. One-word teenage answers.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴.

After a few moments the eyes raise, flames licking through the wraps.

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@bornincaldecott Jono listened, thankful for her words but hating just how right they were. Each one more true than the last, culminating in the inescapable fact that the hardest part of being a mutant, especially like them, was looking in the mirror each and every day.

𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩.
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[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.

He reasoned. God he hoped this would work.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

𝘏𝘦𝘺 @HUSKEDSKIN

…

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𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN He left out the part about liking her, or that she understood him better than anyone else he’d met.

Better leave it on the backburner.

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[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN …𝘊𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥…𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.

There was a nervousness in his eyes, through fear she might reject the idea, not to mention fear it might not even work.
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[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@bornincaldecott Finally his eyes looked back up to hers, and they were filled with honesty and sadness.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵. The final confession. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@bornincaldecott 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. His turn to confess now, in acknowledgement that she had shared a secret, so this was his in return. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.-

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN as he tried to project the image of a wry smile.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩?

[𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 | ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ @H0LLOWEDCHAMBER]

@HUSKEDSKIN 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.
There was a slight pause. …𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦.

A flame licked at his ear as he fiddled with the bandages again.

𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦.

A furrow of his brow -