* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀❛ you keep her 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, and you set 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 right.

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑.

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: I miss you all and hope you are well!

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: hi babes! I know it’s been a while. Mentally I was in one of the darkest places I’ve been in for a while but I’m getting a little better and I’ll be around to write! I missed you all.

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: I’m still around I promise, I’m just busy figuring out stuff with medical school applications and whatnot

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: hi i hope you’re all well!

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

—so easy that it felt almost like second hand nature. i wonder if it would’ve been that easy back before all this. if we are all secretly killers.”

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

that was the thing about tess. she had crossed that moral boundary so easily that it was almost terrifying. hell, half of boston knew not to cross her.

“i once thought i’d never take a life. i’d only do the infected. but somewhere along the way, it snapped. it was easy,—

[ᅠᅠ ⸻ᅠᅠ 𝓙𝙾𝙴𝙻 𝓜𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚁 ᅠᅠ ＊ @godstx]

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❝ ... ❞ Joel understood that , he was a quiet hardworking man who barely spoke to anyone other than Sarah and Tommy , not much as changed but - ❝ Did you ... Do you ever get surprised at how - quickly you turned into a killer ? I don't just mean infected , we've all done horrible shit to them , but I mean people , one mornin ' you're havin ' a coffee with the mornin ' paper and then the next you've killed a group so you can get their car. ❞
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[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

—to hang up. it was hanging up in some astrologer’s home.”

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

tess had let herself smile at the girl as she sat across from her, feeling as though this is what it was like. to be a mother with a teen daughter. to eat dinner with your teen daughter. as if the world didn’t decay around them.

“i found you a new constellation graphic—

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

@notafirefly she’s rolling her eyes at the girl, as if scolding her for asking yet another time. as if tess would tell.

“come on, look,” she had pointed to the girl. it was an old museum dedicated to the history of comic books. she had toured once when she was younger.

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

“i was trynna find something,” she rolled her eyes in an amused way, letting out a small laugh now that the startle was over.

“did you find anythin’?”

[️️* ️️ ‎J. ️️MILLER ️️ . . ! @finalwits]

his eyes widened a little at her reaction , a small chuckle just leaving his lips . shrugging his shoulders slightly . “ sorry ‘bout that , tess . didn’t think you were that concentrated . but should’ve known .”

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: replies later this evening!

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: hello loves! I was on a trip this weekend but I’m back and shall reply within the coming days <3 hope you’re all okay

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: hi everyone, I’ve hit a really rough mental patch so I apologies for the lack of replies <3

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

:: hi I hope everyone is having a good week !

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

@SHESlMMUNE —grabs ellie into her arms, gently holding her in a mother’s embrace, one that comes naturally to those with children. ellie had been so strong, but she had needed someone to comfort her.

[* 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 .ᐟ @BostonSmuggler]

@SHESlMMUNE —he would’ve done exactly as i would’ve,” because she and joel were two sides of the same coin. parents who had lost their children. parents who knew what it was like to be willing to sacrifice everything so that their children may live.

there’s a heartbeat, and tess—