lightlessfuture: (embedded in a song, both kind and cruel) (både vänlig och grym)
little ghost ([personal profile] lightlessfuture) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories 2018-10-25 11:30 pm (UTC)

[ The comfort is appreciated, but they can't miss--

I know about things like that, she says, You won't get thrown away here, and there's a sudden weight in their chest that wasn't there before.

Ren is sweet and soft and someone who has always treated them with warmth. Someone who has always been kind to them, over and over, without restraint; someone who runs off into trouble and danger and things she's afraid of because she doesn't want to hurt other people-

She says I know. She had hesitated before she smiled. She...
]

Were-you-thrown-away-too

[ They look up at her, silently wishing for the truth. It is a painful connection, if it's true, but--

If it's true, they can do something for her. They can be there for her, like before, like they've been a thousand times, but for something deeper and more painful, more close to home and to both their hearts.

(A burden that is impossible to fully understand unless you've carried its weight; were given it by someone who didn't care about you.)
]

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