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« line up. stares.
not alarmed. more like an animal that’s just been smacked in the face with a flashlight. blinking slow. a beat passes before he echoes the other, rasping,〝… what the fuck?〞
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he ain’t used to people popping outta thin air, but then again—— he ain’t exactly used to 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 no more, period. the corpse sways back, boots scuffing at the dirt. posture loose in the wrong ways, like joints don’t quite »
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totally caught off guard , phoenix stumbles back ever so slightly & shoots a judgmental stare in the direction of the undead . “ . . . what the fuck .. “ muttering to himself , taking an extra step back as if he didn’t appear out of
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blood: warm on his tongue, sweeter than it ought to be. grace left out in the sun too long. bleached mercy.
he drinks like he’s dying all over again. jaw working, fingers locked in her sleeve, eyes barely open. nothing elegant »
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the pain is nothing compared to things she's experienced prior. blood drips down worn wrists , eyes widening just a tad as greedy jowls encapsulate her appendage. a tiny whimper as he suckles vermillion from her.
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« about it. just a boy gnawing at the one warm thing he’s touched in weeks. a groan over the sound of feeding, wet and rhythmic.
only when she moves, touches his arm, does he ease off. moaning mournfully as bitten tendon is »
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he lingers like a bloodstain. unflinching. unmoving. only his eyes shift—— dragging slow across the length of the sharp—mouthed thing in front of him, like he’s waiting to see who steps out of nico’s skin next, like he’s trying to »
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« someone.
〝you’ve got a whole graveyard gnawin’ at your heels.〞
it’s not accusatory. not surprised. if anything, there’s a hint of recognition. of unwanted kinship. a dog sniffing out its own kind by the rot in their blood.
he »
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he sees it in her face—— concern, not fear. not yet. something softer. prompting posture to shift. he doesn’t quite straighten, but something in him tries to. polite, almost. like he still remembers his sunday manners.
〝… no—— no, »
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her concern grew, and her question was left with a hallow answer. the stench of the dead was unmistakable; the survival instinct to know a threat is nearby, permanently etched in her nostrils.
maybe, he’d killed someone. maybe, his —
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staring at @ichorsdear, dead—eyed. blood on his collar. filth in the seams. isaiah stands a few yards off, half-hidden by the shade. figure cut unto the tree line, watching her read beneath an impressive oak.
the corpse doesn’t »
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he didn’t mean to follow @altsouls.
but something pulled. same way cicadas hum before a storm, same way the air feels wrong when a body’s buried shallow.
he watches them from across the lot — slumped on a bench outside a gas »
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staring at @ichorsdear, dead—eyed. blood on his collar. filth in the seams. isaiah stands a few yards off, half-hidden by the shade. figure cut unto the tree line, watching her read beneath an impressive oak.
the corpse doesn’t »
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« move for a long while. just watches. curious. drawn. rot finding a soft spot in the wood. a half—dead animal catching the scent of something too sweet to be safe.
he doesn’t realize he’s gotten closer until she glances up. »
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