𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓

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[ً @aslovewept]

it all started with him———my father,

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

Ew

[* august hartley @EnchantingBeam]

“I wondered that myself, but they were out at the store. so, I got the blackberry kind and tried it. Haven���t been able, to put it down.”

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

ma, how can you drink that crap? OG doctor PP only.

[* august hartley @EnchantingBeam]

she accidentally drank, too much blackberry dr pepper and now her stomach hurts.

(worth it though).

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

he arrives home, immediately kicks his shoes off and goes to look for Eli .

he joins him, arms wrapping around him from behind. a quick kiss presses to his neck. “I can’t keep leaving work early like this. But God…” he grinned, against Eli’s skin.

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

good, he will be waiting.

he’s missed him so much.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

cue him shedding his work apron, clocking out and hurrying home.

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

then, he better get over here. because, he’s starving.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

Mmm. And I am hungry.

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

(@guiltedson)

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

who gave my sister an axe she looks kind of unhinged already why are we completing the aesthetic??

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

God… he’s taking the rest of tonight off. He needs to see him. Now.

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

for @guiltedson’s eyes only.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

currently curled up under the covers with @LovableFacade .

he doesn’t want to get up so nothing will get done today and that’s okay with him.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

michael leaned against eli, eyes closing for a moment. he’s so immensely relieved to be back with him and home, safe and sound.

he turns the stove on low so what he’s making doesn’t burn.

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

He’s just going to, come up behind @guiltedson. wrapping his arms, loosely around him and rests his chin on Michael’s shoulder. watching him cook silently .

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

“liz? isn’t her bloodstream half doctor pepper at this point?” He cracked a smile, hearing a scoff and a snort. his eyes watered as his pressed his forehead against eli’s . “you aren’t leaving me either.”

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

“yes, my love … we’re here and you missed it. I actually got her, to drink more than half a glass of water.”

eli jokes, attempting to lighten the mood to get Michael smile again. At least once. interlacing, their fingers completely and tight eli pulls Michael up to his >

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

because if he was hallucinating, he wouldn’t hallucinate them being happy to see him.

“you’re both here.”

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

his head lifted. if he was imagining things… what a beautiful hallucination.

“eli…” his voice came out hoarse. and he still didn’t quite believe what he was seeing and hearing.

but his fingers reached out anyways, reaching for the man he loved. his fingers touched ++

[* elijah emily @LovableFacade]

eli, was still holding onto elizabeth despite her insistence that she could walk normally now. thanks to them, getting her some water making her feel better. once, he heard the sound of familiar tears being shed.

That’s when, he truly couldn’t believe his eyes as he >

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

skin. could a hallucination really feel like this…? no.

he curled fingers into Eli’s hair, grounding himself. “you’re here…?”

a look at liz, covering in bruises, weak looking, and crying with a smile on her lips… this confirmed it further.

this had to be real++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

“mikey.” someone said from behind him and then coughed.

he figured his mind was playing tricks so he didn’t look up. surely his brain was punishing him for what happened.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

[ Starter for @LovableFacade ]

he stood in front of the ashes of the old pizzeria.

he was sobbing as he stared at the pile. he hated himself. he should be under that pile of ash.

he should be dead. but he’s not. and it’s all william’s fault.

instead, it’s eli and liz. ++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

he can’t go see his mother. how will he explain that he’s alive, but they’re dead…?

he can’t tell her he killed another of her children.

his knees buckle and he burrows his head in his hands, sobbing.

he lost them. he lost them both. and now he was alone… ++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

michael had done this for.

then the fire.

michael’s scream filled the bunker and he fell to his knees. he’d killed them… but he was still alive. when all he wanted was to be dead.

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

beside him was an empty bottle of whiskey. he was watching something on a loop. footage of william entering the pizzeria, but he wasn’t alone. behind him, he pulled circus baby who was pulling against him with hall her strength. liz…

and also behind him was the very man ++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

at his feet, watching it burn down the hallway.

he watched and just stood there. let me die too, he thought.

“eli, i love you.” he whispered.

hours later he sat upright in a bed. he was alive? he looked around. hunched in front of a computer was a very drunk Henry. ++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

he agreed to do it.

he’d planted the bait and waited till Henry confirmed that william had entered. michael had no words left for the man who was his father.

he moved through the halls pouring accelerants everywhere.

with a flick, he lit a match and dropped ++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

try to help.

they met for coffee. michael explained everything from being scooped to the surgery william performed on eli.

and the henry mentioned an idea to save eli. it meant michael would die, but it would be worth it if Eli could be free from william at last.++

[𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖔𝖓 @guiltedson]

[Solo]

he knew william would come . he was far to valuable to him now that he’d become… whatever he was. not a zombie at least. he didn’t hunger for brains, but he was certain he qualified as… undead.

with his body mangled by ennard s coils, and his eyes dark and more ++