𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔.

× But no, all I can do is lie here.. brain turning somersaults. ┊18+┊parody.┊#LittleShit.┊

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- We haven't said a single word since he told me to stay in the car, and I don't change that. Not right this second. I'm smart enough to know we haven't been in the lead, and it's ::not:: the time for me to mouth off. I'll behave.. for a second.

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

-- after his later shifts... before he and #Melissa because a thing. That's ::all:: worked out for the better.

That being said, I :;do:: wind up quick on my feet to follow his drift when it brings him to my mess. My undiscernible, mixed and matched, eyesore of a mess. --

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- how rain washes away the old and brings in the new. New beginnings for the #Hale siblings? Sure! I'll spin the situation on its head and look at it from an impossible angle. Why not?

Looking up at #Derek, my brows lift before I reach out and claim his hand in my own. --

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator Damn, calling me out today huh?

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@PrettyPlusSmart That's right!

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

🥺😏😏😏😏

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- protecting #Derek is involved.

"No fancy clothes needed? Just.. normal wear? I could wear my uniform, if you think that might impress her." It's not a uniform-uniform, but it is dressy enough.

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- Secretly? If this is what's on his mind- of course I'm game. I'm in, because I'm not about to let him go out there and face whatever he finds on his own. I don't just mean his sister, either. I might be a human, but I've got ::some:: tricks up my sleeve, especially when --

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- is supposed to do, and while their tragedy is far-far worse.. it not so far off.

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- she gets here.. once she sees what a life he's made for himself with me? She'll be ::fine::- and might even learn to like me.

"Coming back here.. it might open wounds, I know. But in the long run, maybe it could even be cathartic? Healing?" That's what visiting a grave --

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- "You believe me?"

[𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. @TenaciousWhiz]

@InnatePredator -- ::He:: takes precedence.

"Everything's going to be okay, #Der." I don't know exactly where his thoughts have gone, but I know he's worried. The tighter clutch, the run of his nose, the quiet demeanor (which is different than his typical quiet way of life). --