𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ

ɪ’ʟʟ ɢᴏ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴍɪɴᴅ.

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ
ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ ɴᴏᴡ.

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

( . . . )

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“the graveyard. . .”

right well she did want to do
anything in her power to make
everything better, even if it was
just for the time when they were
together like this.

“if that’s what you want.”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀Holding onto Larissa's arm, Morticia walked in step with her out of their room and through the school grounds.

⠀⠀❛ It is. The graveyard is perfectly
⠀⠀⠀eerie this time of year. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“nevermore is pretty this time
of the year and in the fall of
course.”

sliding her arm into morticia’s
she smiled as they walked towards
the door.

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀⠀❛ A walk sounds lovely. ❜

⠀Fresh air would certainly be nice. It wouldn't help her sleep, but she'd been cooped up inside all day, so she needed to spread her proverbial wings.

⠀She stepped to the door in only her dress. The cold had never bothered her.
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“do you want to go for a walk?
maybe that will clear your mind
a bit.”

moving to her side of the room to
grab her cardigan, it was cold but
winter had yet to make itself known
fully.

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀It took a moment before Morticia straightened again, giving Larissa's hand a final, parting squeeze before she withdrew to stand with the book, placing it aside.

⠀⠀❛ Of course we will. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“we’ll find someone or
something. . .”

she would never say it out
loud but she refused to lose
her best friend to her own
ability.

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀Another sigh slipped free from her lips as her eyes slipped shut.

⠀⠀❛ There is so little information
⠀⠀⠀on what I have... I fear we will
⠀⠀⠀never find the answer. ❜
⠀

[╚ ❛ { 𝓨𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝓜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. } ❜ ╝ @LittleThornling]

ㅤ
𝕾𝐡𝐞 𝕭𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝕿𝐨 𝕿𝐡𝐞 𝕮𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬.
୧‿ ꕀ ˖༺ ཐི𖤍ཋྀ ༻˖ ꕀ ‿୨
ㅤ

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“coping and giving up are
not the same thing, we
will figure something out
there are so many books
we haven’t read yet.”

even if it felt like nothing
would work, she would do
anything.

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀⠀❛ Maybe... ❜

⠀Morticia squeezed Larissa's hand gently, sliding her fingers into the other girl's in a tight, unified hold. With a sigh, she dropped her head against her roommate's shoulder.

⠀⠀❛ Or maybe I'll have to learn to
⠀⠀⠀cope with it. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“well maybe we haven’t
looked in the right place
yet.”

her tone was firm as she
curled her fingers around
morticia’s hand and squeezed
gently.

“don’t give up.”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀A deep sigh slipped free from her lips at that question, the book clicking shut.

⠀⠀❛ Not yet. I've searched
⠀⠀⠀everything I can think of—
⠀⠀⠀runes, incantations,
⠀⠀⠀crystals— but I don't think
⠀⠀⠀anything is going to help me. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“that can be something i
can do when i am not busy.”

should a day like that ever even
arrive, but she couldn’t help the
small smile—ticklish. she had
always been ticklish there.

“have you found anything
about not being able to
sleep?”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀⠀❛ Learn about them? Yes. I'm
⠀⠀⠀unsure of the efficiency. ❜

⠀A giggle escaped her at those words. Gently, she poked Larissa's side, eyes sparkling.

⠀⠀❛ I know you're fine, silly. It's
⠀⠀⠀to protect you from any harm;
⠀⠀⠀to keep you safe. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“can non magical people learn
about them as well? well you
know—normal people like me.”

a soft blush dusted her cheeks
she wouldn’t run away this time,
this was something—someone
she needed to lean into.

“me? i’m fine!”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀⠀❛ Oh! Definitely! There's so
⠀⠀⠀much to learn about runes,
⠀⠀⠀but protection is the most
⠀⠀⠀important. ❜

⠀In her opinion, anyway. She inclined her head at the question, smile softening.

⠀⠀❛ Myself, and the people I care
⠀⠀⠀about— 𝘺𝘰𝘶. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“protection runes? well
that does sound like it
would come in handy.”

of course she didn’t understand
that much when she wasn’t a
witch, but she would still
listen.

“who are you trying to
protect?”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀⠀❛ Why not? ❜

⠀A red-painted nail tapped at one of the pages of the book as she angled the tome so Larissa could see.

⠀⠀❛ These are protection runes. ❜
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“runes? why are you reading
about runes?”

a minor interest had been
piqued.

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀A soft, airy laugh slipped free as she shuffled over on her bed, making room for Larissa.

⠀⠀❛ It's a runes book. ❜
⠀

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

♱⋆⁺‧˚ @thetragedyofus ˚‧⁺⋆♱

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

“well aren’t you sweet.”

a small laugh as she took a
seat beside her.

“what are you working on?”

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀From you? Always.
⠀

[𝅙𝅙✷𝅙𝅙𝗟𝗢𖣠𝗡𝗜𝗘 ᵗ°°ⁿⁱᵉ 𝅙─ .ᐟ @amoungoutcast]

ᅠ
ᅠ ⠀
𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝝤ꓴꔋ 𝝤𝗙 ꔋ𝘏𝗘 𝖠𐌉𝙍 &
𝝪𝝤ꓴ 𝘉𝙍𝝤𝙆𝗘 𝝪𝝤ꓴ𝙍 𝘞𐌉𝖭𝗚𝗦
𝗟𐌉𝙆𝗘 𝝪𝝤ꓴ'𝙍𝗘 𝖣𝝤𐌉𝖭𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝙍𝝪
𝝤ꔋ𝘏𝗘𝙍 ꔋ𐌉𝝡𝗘.ㅤ
ㅤㅤ
ㅤ

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

would you like some company?

[ོ𝒯𝒾𝓈𝒽 @lostlittledove]

⠀
⠀A quiet evening at Nevermore...
⠀

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

@lostlittledove https://t.co/4Ak5d9Tgzf

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

https://t.co/4Ak5d9Tgzf taps microphone

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

of course i would love that.

[karisma (parody) @cxrsedlcve]

of course! what are sisters for? why don’t we hang out after classes tomorrow? work on homework together?

[𝓵 ａｒｉｓｓａ @thetragedyofus]

thank you.

[karisma (parody) @cxrsedlcve]

because you know i’m here if you need it, right?