SISTER.

@milleroptimism

She’s never felt so soiled, so dirty – Nikki once believed tears could be exhausted, but now she isn’t so certain – what did you do, Bear!? But she knows – you wished for this -- and yet still cannot wrap her head around it. How could he do this? She'd trusted him! Moist palms grip her arms painfully to mold the flesh in some form of futile protection, pinching to steady herself and not exactly succeeding. The room in which she sits alone now is old, grey, with a top window she can’t reach. A table rests between her and an empty chair. Two men claiming to be from the FBI came an hour ago after Bear died; took her away. There was no police cruiser, just an old Impala; she only followed because she saw the badges and didn't want to make matters worse by arguing – and the whole ride she wept, shaking, trying to get all that blood off her violently but only spreading it further all the while whispering: It wasn’t me....!

A woman enters the room: pretty, her eyes kind but hard – the eyes of someone who’s seen a lot, the eyes of someone you want to impress. “.... I didn’t...”, she begins, swallows, “It wasn’t.... – it wasn’t me...” Is there a point where they might believe her? Her shoulders sag – probably not.

Emma let her words hang in the air immediately uncomfortable with the fact that she'd said them at all. "I just... don't feel bad about killing them." It felt natural, like a prey that someone might stalk when bored. "It's..." Everything she could think to say just sounded like an insult. How do you tell someone that you see the clear divide in what you are. "You take so long to learn and understand things. I've been mentally years ahead of other people my age since I was three days old. I hate that... when we find monsters who are doing awful things, we hunt them. But when it ends up being human we let them go. Because they're human, we talk about monsters sometimes like they're stupid, but you're slower, clumsier, and have bad senses."

dialogue prompts from the first season of prime's off-campus.

you are intolerable.

do not give me the silent treatment.

nobody is expecting you to be _____.

take a shower. you smell like shit.

it'll come back to you. like riding a bike.

did anyone ever tell you that eavesdropping is rude?

has anyone ever told you your references are dated?

i'll pick out your outfit, you just do your makeup.

i plead the fifth.

i am always telling you to wear your jacket. you never do.

how do you suddenly know my name?

you can't just kiss me out of the blue.

you blush whenever i come near you.

get over yourself. i don't blush.

my single ass needs another drink.

this is the part where i tell you all the things i want to do to you when we're alone.

you're just giving me the bed because you feel bad for me.

i wouldn't know who i am without it.

you centered me.

you're overthinking. get out of your head.

you can put me down now. we all know how much you can bench.

i don't need your pity. i don't need you to be my therapist.

what if i'm broken?

if you're going to chase an impossible dream, chase one that actually matters.

this party's kind of dead, right?

are you driving, or shall i?

i think people can change, if they want to.

if i go, will you come with me?

you can't let the bad memories erase the good ones.

do you never have a shirt on?

people who care about you will understand. if they don't, they're not your people.

you said this wasn't a date. it feels like a date.

god, it's so hot when someone knows what they want.

this is a party. parties are supposed to be fun.

stop fucking with my head.

i'm a girl. i have to think about what everybody else is feeling before i can figure out what i'm feeling.

don't think. tell me what you want.

you scare the shit out of them, you know.

look how hard they're trying to please you.

you really can't be alone, can you?

can we hit dairy queen on the way home?

i can't take on anyone else's stress today. i'm emotionally raw. i'm a shell of a woman.

i don't know what your problem is, but i suggest you do whatever it takes to work it out.

we have to cling to the people who see us and smile.

just let me know you're okay.

we're on the same team. don't you get that?

don't you want to know what being single and slutty has to offer you?

let's start with the small stuff and work our way up, okay?

you didn't do anything wrong.

it has recently come to my attention that i'm a serial monogamist.

i'm actually so proud, i could cry.

what kind of _____ do you want to be?

have fun. do stuff just 'cause you want to.

i told you to stop opening my mail.

who says print media is dead?

i don't want you to look at me differently, or treat me differently.

i always knew. i just thought you'd tell me when you were ready.

you're not just one thing. you're everything.

the words will come when they come.

you reminded me of who i used to be.

you could be anywhere, doing anything, but you're not. you're here.

hey, look at me. i got you. i got you, okay?

i don't want to be that guy.

you're not as dumb as you look.

stop being chicken shit and tell _____ how you feel.

i know i said i was dropping out, but can i maybe drop back in?

i couldn't miss your big moment, could i?