𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆.

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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─┈𝐕𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐒

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟. 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑.

𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 #𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎.
⠀⠀⠀ ht

[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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i mean, what else would you call me?”

she didn’t mean to sound so irritable. riddley hadn’t done anything to make her angry. but she did feel that way. angry. always angry.

“i haven’t tried to see them either. the family, i mean. i don’t know if i want to.”

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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“i don’t doubt it…” she said, her voice trailing off noncommittally.

her gaze was focused on the edge of the pillow her head was laying on, everything else caught in the haze of eyes still waking up. or maybe she was still tired.

“of course you can call me vi.

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
guilt creeping in like a weed, taking root in her being?

“it can’t have been that long ago.”
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
that topic gave her pause. how long had she been back, or how long had she been back on earth? when did god or michael finally loosen up their leash?

a year? five?

“i’ve only just made my way back to earth. it can’t have been that long.”

but then why did she feel
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
worked. or at least it felt like it did, until it didn’t and there was that quiet emptiness again.

“so i know you probably have questions, or something. i should let you know that i don’t have a lot of answers, but i can try.”

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
vi wrinkled her nose. she hated coffee. she felt like slumping back into the bed but she knew they had to talk. she’d put it off this long.

longer than she thought she could.

“thanks. . .” she said, dragging it out to fill the empty space between them. it —
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
sister stood, towering over her horizontal position on the bed. she was familiar, but not really. they both knew the girl before them was not the same girl they knew.

“fancy seeing you here,” she croaked, her voice still scratchy from sleep. “did john call you?”
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
she frowned, drawing the edges closer to her chest as she curled into herself. that was her sister, there was no doubting.

vi expelled a deep sigh, relief flooding through her veins at the sound of her, if only temporary, as she slowly peeled the covers back. her —
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
her there. almost. not really.

she pulled the blanket up over her head and burrowed further into the bed. maybe she would burrow deep enough that she’d fuse into the mattress and all of this would go away. all of everything would just 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.
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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

@DaintyRiddles ⠀⠀⠀
pretending to be asleep so she could eavesdrop on their conversation. but comfort bloomed in her chest like a dandelion when she realized that some things would never change.

john would do right by riddley, every time. an unspoken rule.

she wished he 𝘩𝘢𝘥 left —
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[soli @solisolsoli]

Fallen by Federico Ferro

[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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𝑁𝑜.
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[𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑫𝑳𝑬𝒀 @DaintyRiddles]

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𝑂ℎ.

it all makes sense now . . . has— does she want to talk about how she’s feeling? she’s never had to come back from 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, but she has come back from some rough shit.

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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why should she care about some garden? it’s not like it’s the only thing in the world that was hers, the only thing she’s been able to do on her own since. . .

the culmination of all of her hard work. broken stems and trampled flowers. just like her.
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[𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑫𝑳𝑬𝒀 @DaintyRiddles]

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c’mon, is she really gonna be mad at her over some flowers? she’ll keep bruce away next time. is that what she needs to hear?

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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never mind they hadn’t even 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑡. she’s never gonna get it. there’s no point.
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[𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑫𝑳𝑬𝒀 @DaintyRiddles]

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what is the point, then? gardens are like, ever changing anyway. . .why is this such a big deal?

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[𝑉𝐼 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆. @ViclentEnds]

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it’s so not the point. . .
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[𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑫𝑳𝑬𝒀 @DaintyRiddles]

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plants grow back, right? its not like they’re gone forever...

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