to be soft is to be powerful

the joking sentence that left her mouth only allowed a SMALL amount of relaxation to flow through him. & as his eyes continued to watch her, it helped to be able to witness seeing her happy — if this is what you could call happy in her defense. “ death didn’t stand a CHANCE.” his tone was light & part of his statement was true. sure he was bound to run out of time & no longer cheat death. he had hopes to be able to see her again, he just wasn’t expecting THIS to be how they ran into each other again. “ somehow should’ve known this question was coming. as far as i know isaac & your dad left beacon hills that night once we were done talking to the police. i think it hit lydia the hardest, but she is doing good. learning more & more about being banshee. stiles is still VERY much himself.”

happiness floods her as scott talks about their friends; the idea that they’ve all managed to pick up the broken pieces & carry on making her feel PEACEFUL for the first time since waking up in new york ( which isn’t very long, but it still means something to her ). “ is she ?? good. i’m glad !! ” more than glad, really. she’s crazy excited to find her friend again & learn more about her abilities, but she’s rather content just talking to scott for the time being. her lack of memories doesn’t stop her from worrying about him, but he seems to be doing okay. he’s not CRYING or falling apart, which is helping her remain calm. as long as he’s fine, then she will be too. “ this is ... a lot to take in. i know we deal with a lot of weird things, but having a HUMAN return from the dead ?? it’s ... odd. definitely something new. --- but i’m happy you’re here, scott. makes the whole situation that much easier to deal with. ”

“Weird kind of lucky” She muttered because at the end, for sure, it was very but very weird that a human was back to life “Anyway, I guess this could be like a second chance to you”

“ yeah. i’m just ... not sure that it’s a good thing. ” surely there had to be consequences for her returning from the dead, right ? a price to pay for disturbing the timeline. “ has anyone else that we know returned from the dead or am i the first ?? ”

The fact she had no idea what he meant by selfish made him want to explain but he couldn’t bring himself to do so. “If I hadn’t gotten you killed, I wouldn’t be suffering but none of us can change the past now, can we.”

she flinches ever so slightly as he mentions her death, forever rejecting the idea that he had been at fault. her memories of that night are muddy, but she likes to think she knew what she was doing when she made the decision to put her life on the line. “ guess not. might as well suck it up and move on. like always. ”

“is this like some crazy, screwed up prank or something because i’m kind of feeling it. i mean, i’d rather be here than locked up.”

allison comes to a halt as the familiar voice reaches her ears, never quite able to get over discovering erica’s lifeless body. “ --- is that the last memory you have ?? being locked up ?? ”

“That’s…refreshing. Most people do. Mind the rambling that is.” He said awkwardly as he rubs the back of his neck, not quite sure what to say, “OH. Um…sorry. Right. I’m…Hugo. I’m…er. Isaac’s…” He wasn’t sure if she knew about the engagement or if he should be the one to say it, “Boyfriend…fiance. A boyfriend fiance. He’s um. Mentioned you and I’ve seen…photos.”

“ oh !! ” there’s no jealousy, no anger. it’s more so a sense of .... confusion that fills allison as hugo reveals his identity. she’s beyond HAPPY that her friends have managed to pick themselves up & move on with their lives, but it’s rather bittersweet having to catch up & put the puzzle pieces together. “ okay, that makes sense. ” crosses out the possibility of him being some type of enemy, which is always a nice feeling. “ it’s nice to meet you, honestly. ”

“excuse me?”

“ should i repeat myself ? ”

being away from annalise, from everything that had happened, from his old school felt so uplifting. connor couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt so at ease and not at all tense with the fear of the police knocking down his door any minute. “i haven’t felt this calm in such a long time.” connor spoke his thoughts aloud to the person he was sat with. “this is usually about the point where something bad happens.”

allison nods at the words, knowing exactly what the other meant. new york, oddly, was a safe haven. sure, it didn’t help her escape the supernatural part of her life, but it did keep her safe from certain drama, which was more than enough for her. “ i know what you mean. almost feels wrong being so calm and settled, doesn’t it ?? ”

although she wasn’t entirely sure how to handle someone having the same exact face as her. she didn’t comment on it much — what was there to really even say ?? aside from suffocating the other girl in a million questions that she possible doesn’t even have the ANSWERS to. franny just lifted a brow at the girl as she nodded her head in AGREEMENT. “ i don’t think shocking is that RIGHT word.” her tone was light, still warm && friendly as she continued to shift her weight from each foot once one got too tired of the weight. “ oh !! i’ve been told i look like my mom, so i don’t know if that helps. i ran into someone claiming to be her but she didn’t RECOGNIZE me. which made me doubt that my family is even here.”

allison frowns at the last statement, not entirely sure HOW someone couldn’t recognize their own child. “ that helps lots, actually !! ” the RED HAIR is extremely helpful, but she’s sure that goes without saying. “ maybe it was a doppelganger of your mother ?? since, you know, that seems to be a COMMON thing here. ” something that was going to take a bit of time to get used to. “ either way, i’m sure we’ll be able to find her, so come on. ” another smile pulls at her painted lips, allison waving for the other to follow her as she heads down the busy street. 

another day, another hour allison spends checking up on her friends. ever since coming back, she’s been struggling to shake off the PARANOIA that consumes her. she’s JUMPY & STRESSED & she just needs to know her loved ones are okay. so, when she stumbles upon isaac being violently ill & healing from an obvious fight, she’s silently thankful she gave into her fear & wandered. at first, she doesn’t say anything as she moves to get him a glass of water to rinse his mouth out, then a towel to wipe away the blood that has smudged. crouching to his level, she holds the water out. “ what the hell happened to you ?? ”

the younger scott couldn’t remember a time where she didn’t worry about her father — even if she knew that he was just as STUBBORN as she was. “ oh definitely not !! sadly, he’s not. i’m pretty sure he is back in tree hill.”

“ ah, well, as long as he’s happy, right ?? ” it feels NICE to be holding such a normal conversation. one that isn’t about supernatural creatures or hunting or dead bodies. “ i’m allison, by the way. i can’t remember if i introduced myself before, so excuse me if i did. ”

“Look, I’m just glad you’re alive. I don’t care how it’s possible. It took me so long to get over what happened. I’m not even entirely over it. Losing you was hard for me, you were all I had left.” He didn’t feel he had Scott since they drifted towards the end, and he was the only other he was actually close to. “I’m sorry about everything, Allison.” Isaac knew he could’ve handled telling her the truth better but he couldn’t help the break down that followed.

“ me too. ” despite the missing memories, allison’s THANKFUL to have a second chance. she, of course, wouldn’t ever take back saving her friends, but MAYBE she can do things right this time around. “ it’s okay, isaac. whatever happened that night, however things went down, it’s over. it happened and now we need to HEAL. --- i forgive you. ”

“i have to get back to baltimore. i have to WIN miss teenage hairspray.”

“ i’m SORRY, but what exactly is that ?? ”

“The truth is just as bad as keeping it quiet. Someone gets hurt either way. I think we both know that.” Life back then was definitely filled with hidden truths for Isaac. Mainly when it came to Derek as he knew he still didn’t know the truth behind certain things to this day. “You don’t need how selfish I was, still am, in your life.”

on some level, allison agrees with him, but she likes to think the PAIN is worth it. that’s just HER opinion, though. nobody is inclined to agree with her. “ i don’t think you’re SELFISH, isaac. i never have. i just ... -- i hate watching you SUFFER. ”

“If that just happens to be the case, then I’m really not looking forward to that hot substitute teacher resurrecting and scaring the city with how two faced she literally was.”

allison chuckles to herself, memories of jennifer flooding her mind. what’s even more amusing is the fact that isaac STILL refers to her as hot. “ if she does show up, then at least we know how to defeat her. always a good thing, i suppose. ”

“Yeah, sure. I didn’t know who she was at first but the others explained me about that. She’s a werejaguar and I don’t know where she is now” After all, the blonde left but she wasn’t sure where or how or if the hunters trapped her at the end “I’m vey well aware of that now i just didn’t know that a human can actually cheat death”

“ i see. ” allison doesn’t have much to say on the subject of her aunt. it’s interesting, sure, but it’s not really something she can bring herself to invest in at the moment. “ well, i guess i’m LUCKY... or something. ” but given their lifestyle & all of the other WEIRD things that happened, allison has to admit that she’s not all that surprised she has been brought back from the dead. 

“well i SURE didn’t decide to come here myself. there’s far too much going on at home.”

“ yeah, it’s a rather COMMON thing around here. might as well make the BEST of it, ‘cause there’s no way of returning home. ”

{ @silverbows } from this post ( here )

“i don’t know— i mean, i am horrible with decisions. we— may die— i—” stopping herself. “oh god,” pausing, eyes were starting to fill with tears. “i totally didn’t mean too. i have FOOT IN MOUTH SYNDROME.” lump in her throat started to throb vibrating through her whole body. 

“ it would be an HONOR to die with you by my side. ” allison grins, not at all minding the little comment about DEATH. surprisingly, she’s totally okay with the subject. upon entering the hunting business, she knew her life span wouldn’t be very long --- no argents ever were, so she’s totally, completely, one-hundred percent FINE with it. stepping forward, thin hands settle on kira’s shoulders in an attempt to CALM her. “ it’s okay, kira. no reason to cry, i promise !! ”