𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧.

— of demeter.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

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[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole -- the lump in her throat. The back of her hand wipes away the one escapee.

“I miss you.”

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

It was down-pouring beyond the camp borders, but Katie went on a walk to clear her mind anyhow.

When she returns, drenched from head-to-toe, hair and clothes stuck to skin, she knocks on @travistole’s cabin door. “I need to talk to you.”

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole Katie had allowed this to linger in her mind for far too long. Weeks, months... she’s lost track.

She sits, and only for a second does she keep her composure.

When their eyes meet, hers start to well with tears. She tries her hardest to find them as she swallows --

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole -- by a creaky bench. She doesn’t sit just yet, and can’t quite get herself to let go of his hand.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole She thanks him silently, and with a moment of hesitation, takes Travis’ hand to lead the way. The sun in their borders dries her shoulders.

Katie finds a quieter spot, around the far-right corner of outside Demeter’s cabin. Within their gardens, she takes him to stand --

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole She cracks a smile. It’s worn with anxiety. “Can we—?” the half-blood swallows hard, and gestures with her thumb pointing over her shoulder, out towards the cabin covered in vines. “It’s quieter there.”

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole It is ... but here? Right at her feet, by the cabins? It’s not really special.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole For his death? And he wants to be buried here?

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole ; i cannae find but we got to "im sick" and it was over

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole That’s a way to break the news.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@travistole Why his grave?

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

Oh man. This is it, huh?

She never even got married. Or travelled the world. Or had cute little kids.

[𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 @connorsstoll]

He’ll make sure of it. Borrowing some gardening gloves as they speak.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

That’s not . . . the worst point? Live out the rest of her days with the roots.

[𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 @connorsstoll]

She would make good fertilizer. All comfy in the soil.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

Would she be like a pile of mush trying to garden, then? That’s not exactly ideal.

[𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 @connorsstoll]

Maybe Lou Ellen can take out her back altogether. Thumbs up.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

Her back is killing her. She’s been bent over all day.

[𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 @connorsstoll]

Well.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

Big groan.

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

@astroskonis It’s *nothing*, Nico. Nothing to worry about.

She just likes keeping track of everyone who’s done harm to her family’s work. . .

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

; katie gardner, daughter of demeter. was vineskeeper before the purge, written by claws. parody, roleplay, 21+.

would appreciate rts to find old & active mutuals! 💚

[𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙧. @katiegardened]

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