𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑰𝑻 𝑼𝑷

sucks, don't it? the moment you realize you don't know shit.

hey you. dumbass.

didn't you ever misjudge someone?

damn you for making me do this. this was you, don't me. you did this to us! this was you! not me!

so this is where you plan to do it?

at least i have the balls to call this what it is: murder.

why don't you hush up?

you really believe they're gonna buy whatever bullshit story you cook up?

they'll get over you. they've done it before.

why? why now? i thought we worked this all out.

we tried to kill each other.

is that what you want?

i know you. you won't be able to live with this.

come on. raise your gun.

they are fucking with the wrong people.

you hear that?

why don't you just piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

how come we never hooked up?

got a way with words, don't i?

you're a man of god. have some faith.

you need to know something.

maybe you people are better off without me.

maybe i'm fooling myself.

go on. there's the door. you can do better. let's see how far you get.

get one thing straight. if you're staying, this isn't a democracy anymore.

you earn what you take.

that was bullshit.

i made a choice.

you're beat. your people are down.

i'll get out of it. i always do.

we could have a future.

i am bigger. i am badder. and i got a bat.

it's not over until he's dead.

what happened, what we did, what we lost... there's gotta be something there. all this, all this is just what was. there's gotta be something after.

what happened to their guns?

they're at the door. they were gonna get in.

i killed them. i saved you.

i still know how to survive.

all life is precious.

i was wrong. i thought that after living behind these walls for so long that... maybe they couldn't learn.

if we work together, we'll rebuild the walls.

there'll be more. there's got to be more.

we're not safe with him.

why do you need him?

what do you want?

i think we should take our chances.

don't be foolish. there's no food, no fuel, no ammo...

what was that?

we need to leave. i mean, what are we waiting for?

it came from over there.

the last thing we need is for everyone to go running off in the dark.

no one's going anywhere.

what are you doing here?

you can never tell anyone.

she's in a better place.

if you believe it, you're an idiot.

did he say something?

i don't need you to patronize me. everyone either avoids me or they treat me like i'm crazy.

this could have been handled better.

you don't get it, do you?

we all have suffered.

i'm not going out there without my gun.

i've never seen a gorilla drive a car before. but if you put it in a museum, i'm not gonna call it art.

would you please talk some sense into your lover?

i hope we're not boring you.

i'm a good shot.

if i say something, will you promise not to be mad?

we couldn't just leave him behind.

people died trying to get you here.

are they alive?

i just didn't want anyone to die.

i can do it myself. i have to... while i still can.

where did you get this?

you poisoned them.

there will never come a day where nesta is able to deny the love she has for the house of wind. it was her friend, one whose essence she misses as if it’s a limb. but it was also a prison. in the months after it had been gifted to her, it had become apparent that while she was free to do as she wished within its walls, she was confined to them. only able to leave if she called upon a winged male to help her, or exhausted herself on her descent of the stairwell. the house could offer her comfort beyond her wildest imagination, but it couldn’t offer her the freedom she had begun to desire.

as she takes careful steps beyond the threshold of the bedroom door the promise it holds becomes palpable. it may not look like much in comparison to her previous home, but mere steps away there is a door, and beyond that door there’s an entire world to explore. the prospect of exploration is suddenly more exciting to her than it is daunting.

but for now her attention is well and truly captured by the so-called shower. nesta finds herself eying the metallic contraption on the wall in the same way that she had once eyed a new pair of shoes. although she has mustered up the courage to power through the nerves of being submerged in water, she can’t help but feel intrigued by the notion that water can simply wash over her and disappear – she assumes down the hole. the magic of midgard is as fascinating to her as the array of bottles that bryce gestures to. the former valkyrie doesn’t hesitate to reach for one, nor does she waste time before flipping the lid and sniffing one. an overwhelming scent of ‘frosted vanilla’ fills her nostrils, and an unexpected urge follows. the very same one that had been impossible to ignore when azriel had gifted her a light to read. nesta closes the distance between herself and the starborn princess and wraps her arms around her.

❛   yeah , showers !   ❜      pushing aside the gnawing questions , bryce moved them further into the bedroom.      leading way towards the en-suite attached where a large , tiled , bathroom awaited.      a shower large enough to fit an angel   ( and herself )   sat against the furthest wall.     ❛   it’s like a controlled rainshower.      no filling up a tub and sitting in the water til it gets cold.      it stays as hot for as long as you wish.      and i wasn’t sure what all you’d wanna use to wash up but ,   ❜      bottles of various scents lining against the rim , lotions and more so beside the sink.      ❛   you can use whatever you want.   ❜