๐ฑ: Hey
๐ฑ: Nah, just bring yourself
๐ฑ: Now that school has started the lake is real slow. And the hiking trails are perfect this time of year if you're interestedโ๏ธ
๐ฑ: safe travels
[ TEXTING @fishinmcgucket ]
๐ฑ: Hey, Iโm like four hours out ๐
๐ฑ: Want me to grab anything on my way ??
๐ฑ: I can pick up food or something from the next town over
familiar ache.
โI know,โ he mumbled, the words painfully inadequate, โIt's hard. But it's gonna be okay, in the end. And I'm...โ He swallowed, his throat growing tight. โI'm so sorry, Pa. For everything you're goin' through.โ
Tate wrapped his arms around his father in return, one hand rising to tangle in the back of his hair as the other rubbed reassuring circles into his back. As he held Fiddlefordโwho by now was less a parent than a two-way Sisyphean ethosโhe felt his chest tighten with a much too +
Had he died ? Surely he had, right ?
He wouldn't be seeing his son all grown up like this if he weren't some ghost or some other freaky spookum .
But it felt real . Too real . The air he breathed in , the bright sun blinding him ,
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@ENTROPYUNDYING ๐https://t.co/RiBxmJIJB5 it is! ๐ญ But it helps to think about it as speedrunning. 3 weeks twice a year comes out to ~6 weeks, which is still less than the usual 12-13 weeks/year. And a nice long 6 month break in between. ๐ซถ Just gotta make it through HELL on occasion ๐ฅฒ
@FORGET_M3_NOT_
While it had been many years since Tate dared to believe this might become easier, he still couldn't bring himself to stopโeven when he'd long turned numb, and his care palliative.
โHey,โ he mumbled, looking over his younger father, โYou hanging in there?โ
โพโ๏ฝก๐ฆน ยฐโฉ แดแดสแดแดษดแดษดแด ๊ฑแดแดสแดแดส แดแดสส
๐๐ข๐ค๐ for a lit. desc. starter (thread).
๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ for a shorter starter.
โพโ๏ฝก๐ฆน ยฐโฉ แดแดสแดแดษดแดษดแด ๊ฑแดแดสแดแดส แดแดสส
๐๐ข๐ค๐ for a lit. desc. starter (thread).
๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ for a shorter starter.
A sequential playlist which roughly tells the story of Tate's journey. Starts with the McGucket family breakup, progresses through trying to find a cure, subsequent alcoholism, reunion, forgiveness, and retrospect.
https://t.co/ymqIWevQSP