ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸.

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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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EATEN OR ROTTEN. I AM ALL MOUTH.
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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦? oh, nat’s lucky she can’t read her mind.

“yeah, yeah,” sighs as she’s getting settled, careful not to take more than her share. “you don’t snore, do you? you seem like a snorer.”
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"fuckin' ecstatic." a grin is shot her way. and really, she is pretty pleased to have tai agree with her for once. she even shuffles over to make more room for her.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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rolls her eyes and makes a begrudging show of kicking off her shoes and crawling into the modest, makeshift bed beside her.

“… happy?”
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

nat will just have to clamp an arm around her as if it's a hostage situation. that's fine.

back into bed she dives. "sure, but i'm also 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. so get over here."

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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news to me.
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

been a while now.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“… fine.” another compromise, though heading to the floor once nat’s asleep isn’t entirely out of the question yet.

“but only because you’re 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"i'm serious, too!" her arms also fold, mirroring tai's stance. then she exhales a quiet sigh, though isn't quite defeated.

"share with me," she finally offers, figuring it may be a compromise they're both willing to endure.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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since when?
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

you're my business.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“i’m serious! i’ll stay, but i’m sleeping down here.” folds her arms across her chest, unmoving. nods expectantly toward the bed. “so get back in there and give it up.”
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

a corner of nat's lips lift in an amused smile. "knock it off. you're not putting me out of anything."

now she's dramatically hopping up off of the bed, bowing at the waist and making a grand gesture to her humble sleeping space, "no standing menacingly for you."

[໊ @sonohoor]

“what that mouth do?” argue bye

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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mind your business.
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

you what

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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… anyway.
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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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ooookay maybe that’s less funny considering i sometimes actually do that when i’m stressed.
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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

« you’re going to leave me with little choice but to stand menacingly in the corner. all night.”

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“nat!” half—laughs, fully exasperated. “i’m not fighting about this with you. and i’m not putting you out when my place is fifteen fuckin’ feet that way.” idly gestures in its general direction. “and if you keep this up, »
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"the fuck i am. you're, like, my guest or something. you're taking the bed." it was nice to see tai wouldn't just roll over and accept it without a fight, however she was prepared to argue back. it was for her own good, anyway.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“well, no. you’re sleeping in your bed. i’ll manage.” maybe there’s some fight left in her yet, little room for nat to argue.

“i have some blankets in mine. i can go and grab them and make a comfy little … nest.”
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"good." and that's the end of that. she's unwilling to explicity express her desire for tai to remain, but hopes she gets her point across.

"you can have the bed. i'll just," she gestures vaguely to the floor. maybe it'll be nice to not be alone for the evening. even if she'll -

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

« have? 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦. no———𝘯𝘢𝘵, now, no longer so divided. no longer so alone.

“i’ll stay.”

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“okay, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦,” she relents, no fight left in her for tonight. and it’s nice, to feel wanted. as the nights grow colder, they serve as a reminder to just how alone they are out here. and without van, who does she »
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"you think i'd be offering if i wasn't sure?" she isn't one to ever do anything she doesn't want to do, after all.

her eyes roll, "shut up. you're staying." maybe if she withholds the choice, tai will stop doing...𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. besides, the mere thought of her being alone after -

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

« familiar and apologetic. 𝘪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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heart in her throat, she watches him. engulfed in darkness, nothing but a shadow as he draws near. this———her entire world, swallowed by the night. it’s through him that she’s found herself, found something to live for. found the »
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[𝔘𝙽𝙴𝙰𝚁†𝙷𝙴𝙳 @infernobite]

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they find their way where love hides away in emotion 𖬺̲ blame from prior days, guilt carried van to the edge of their makeshift bed. no words yet, he ⤸
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[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

« she nuzzles their nose with hers, careful to keep them close.

“i missed you.” nothing but a whisper before she’s kissing him again, sweet and sorrowful, making up for time lost ﹠ words said, its flavor »

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

« can go back to mine … i’m almost sure van isn’t gunna show his face tonight, so.”

[ᅠ ️️ ️️️️️️️️️ ️️ 𝐓𝙰𝙸. @flawlessfissure]

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“are you sure?” the normalcy, the imposition——all of it. chilly fingers toy with threadbare pants, hem beginning to fray and unravel right along with the rest of them.

“i don’t wanna… y’know. get all up in your personal space. i »
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[ₙₐₜ @killerburnout]

"i'm not asking 'cause i think it had anything to do with me. i'm asking 'cause..." her own words meet a similar fate, unwilling to see the light of day. her own head shakes as well, mirroring tai.

"anyway, you can just hang out here tonight. shit'll be back to normal tomorrow."