‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀if⠀ you⠀ me,⠀ i⠀won’t⠀𝓶𝑖𝑛𝑑.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

𝓯elt like the w͟o͟r͟l͟d͟ was 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, then we heard him 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 —— can i still get into heaven if i 𝓀𝘪𝘭𝘭 m̶y̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ .ᐣ ☠︎︎

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

a school or nothin’, was taught everythin’ by my mom. ‘

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
his confirmation was met with a simple, ‘ hm. ‘ the alex he had known then didn’t care about sobriety ; didn’t care about anything. what happened in all this time .ᐣ

‘ that’s nice . . orland ain’t really have +
⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

“Alex is trying to be sober now , yeah , ” she's struggling but he's proud of her progress , even if she doesn't want to hear it from Harry and needs to hear it from her real father.

“I - yeah , Shannon is my girl , ” he smiled , thinking about her , “Shes a teacher here →

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

sobriety was a foreign concept to him, he hadnt spent a day sober since fourteen.

‘ shannon your girl .ᐣ ‘

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
‘ how the fuck havent i seen her, what is she, a recluse .ᐣ ‘ him and alex were extremely close back then, was she still the same .ᐣ how had she been .ᐣ

‘ sounds lame to me —— what, she sober too now .ᐣ ‘ +
⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

“Alex , yeah she's here , ”

Wait a minute , Harry looked to Connor better , “Oh no , I remember you , we did a rock together , ” Yes , that's right , when Harry was completely deranged and on drugs , he encouraged everyone around him. The life and soul of the party. →

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

to this guy .ᐣ hes a complete dork.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
‘ no —— well, yeah, but . . i knew i’ve fuckin’ seen you before, you were off your fuckin’ rocker .ᐟ ‘ jesus, what happened to him .ᐣ

‘ orland, you left with —— . . what happened to her .ᐣ is she here .ᐣ ‘ +

⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

“ ... The one guy ? ”

He looked to Connor , tilting his head , “I am a guy , probably the one you have seen arguing with Joel — ... My tie - ”

Harry scratches his head a little bit.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

indiana, thats where he knew harry from. he couldn’t remember seeing him ( too ) much, but he remembered some things. definitely alex telling him about the man, along with how off the rails he was then.

what the hell happened +

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

of himself. for the most part he was a smartass, thought he was better than everyone else. he wanted respect, or maybe even to be feared . . what was wrong with that .ᐣ

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
‘ no idea, don’t know of many other places other than here, orland and detroit —— and there’s no way in hell i’m goin’ there. ‘ he heard enough from alex to know it was a bad idea.

he didnt really know what he thought +
⠀

[𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑠 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 @TheBoySurvivor]

stay here, where are you thinking of going? I’d avoid the Seattle area, especially the forests out there.”

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

fuckin’ —— youre that one guy .ᐟ ‘

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
‘ yeah, whatever. ‘ rolling his eyes with a grin. ‘ what don’t you like me for .ᐣ i ain’t that bad. ( yet ) ‘ he hadn’t destroyed anything yet, thats a plus.

. . ( 🗯️❗️) —— ‘ holy shit, you’re the +
⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

“You didn't have to say it , kid , I know it , ” He laughed a little bit , shaking his head — sipping his coffee and looking back to the people living their lives without a worry in the world. Letting lose despite the cards life has dealt them in this world.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

‘ hey, i never ( said ) i didn’t like you. ‘

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
his question was met with a shrug, ‘ bored. ‘

the real reason was —— he felt like he knew harry from somewhere. he’d seen a lot of people, but the sheriff specifically stood out to him. who the hell was he .ᐣ

+
⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

“I'm making sure the teenagers are safe , ” because there is adults here , there is drinking , he will walk people home , disperse crowds and break up fights , “Look , kid , I know you don't like me , I don't like you , why are you even here talking to me ? ”

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

‘ you ( want ) to watch a bunch of teenagers have fun while you sit on your ass doin’ nothin’ .ᐣ ‘

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
‘ think th’council shoulda talked a little more ‘bout that one. ‘ a light chuckle. he did notice that it seemed like harry was usually the only type of authority around, which just made it more fun to get up to no good. +
⠀

[⚁ ⚃ᅠᅠᅠ𝐓𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓ᅠ .ᐟ @deuxdois]

→ force is * one , me , ” And if he can , he would like some of the patrol people to work under him , but he doesn't ... Want to ask -

He also doesn't want to be sheriff , but the council haven't found his replacement yet. Harry is a follower , rather than a leader.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

a father he thinks his whole life would come crashing down. ‘ well uh, good for you, man. ‘ it didn’t sound fully sincere.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
now connor, he was just like alex. well, how she was before coming here. drinking, usin’ and staying out all hours of the night. he hated going home —— anything to prevent him from seeing his father for a while or +
⠀

[𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑠 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 @TheBoySurvivor]

To him, it wasn’t a loss anymore. He almost lost his family because he thought he could get away with relapsing. He didn’t know Rain was pregnant then but it didn’t matter. He should’ve given them up long before that happened.

“I do, I have a daughter,” he doesn’t know Conner
++

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

being able to suffer through being around him was fully taken advantage of.

he couldn’t imagine having kids, nor even wanting them. sure, he had his . . fun with the ladies, but if he ever found out that he was going to be +

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

little town where everyone there had way too many issues to be having kids, and anyone that did got the hell out of there.

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

⠀
a roll of the eyes, ‘ your loss. ‘ lighting his cigarette and taking a puff.

‘ so . . you got a kid .ᐣ what’s that like .ᐣ ‘ like alex, he hadn’t been around many children before. there wasn’t a lot of +
⠀

[𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑠 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 @TheBoySurvivor]

That’s about how it always goes when new people show up. They don’t know how to react to freedom they had, it was more like a town than a federal zone ran like a military base. Everyone forgot what home was like.

Seeing the pack of cigarettes be pulled out, Luke looked to
++

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍mouthful ‍of ‍𝖕o͟i͟s͟o͟n͟. @stalepack]

+

younger people back in indiana, mostly just him, alex, a few guys he knew outside of their little community and eva, alex’s ex girlfriend. there was never anyone younger than them —— no kids, babies, nothing. it was a sad +