ONE / TWENTY EIGHT

“Wake up! The pumpkin patch opens in ten minutes.”

“I was thinking we could hand out tooth brushes instead of candy this year.”

“I don’t do haunted houses.”

“Which costume works better?”

“The hot apple cider’s ready if you want any.”

“Are we going modern or retro for the scary movie marathon tonight?”

“Who throws a Halloween party in the middle of nowhere?”

“Don’t scare me like that!”

“Why doesn’t Michael Meyers just run?”

“Should we put out orange or black pumpkins for the porch?”

“Please tell me that’s not a recipe for blood red chocolate banana bread?”

“These decorations are going to terrify the kids in our neighborhood.”

“Newsflash: ghosts aren’t real.”

“You need to work on your scare technique.”

“Vampires are overrated.”

"I think we're too old to go trick or treating."

"I just heard something outside."

"We have to go on the haunted hayride!"

"The candy eye balls are freaking me out."

"Nightmare on Elm Street is Freddy and Friday the 13th is Jason, right? I get the killers mixed up."

"Are you going to the office Halloween party?"

"These kids costumes seem ... weirdly violent."

"A cobweb table runner seems excessive."

dialogues

➼ “I can see you struggling to keep your eyes open.”

➼ “If you go to bed now, I’ll buy you ice cream tomorrow.”

“This is blackmail.”

“But you didn’t say no.”

➼ “You’re the best pillow I’ve ever had.”

➼ “Did you just yawn?”

“No! That was…a cough. Obviously.”

➼ “Let’s get you to bed, hm?”

➼ “Just one more nap.”

“It’s already three in the noon!”

actions

• falling asleep on the other’s shoulder and them going completely still

• fainting due to them not maintaining their sleep schedule and the other scolding them

• using the other as a pillow and them complaining but secretly liking it

• whispering how much they love the other thinking they’re asleep (but they’re actually awake and trying their best not to blush)

• waking up in each others’ comfort

there's still a lot of work to be done.

i'm not finished with it yet.

i can't give up just yet.

there's nothing noble about working yourself to death.

you think i can't handle this myself?

there's not enough hours in the day.

i realize you think you have to do this.

working like this helps me think.

i'll sleep when i'm dead.

your work ethic scares me sometimes.

i don't need your help.

do you ever sleep?

they need me.

no matter how hard you work, it won't bring them back.

do you realize how crazy that sounds?

i'm not stopping until this is done.

you need to slow down.

i feel like i'm wasting my life.

have you ever taken a vacation?

i can handle this on my own.

i'm nothing without my work.

you're going to get sick if you keep going like this.

you've proven your point.

you're going to work yourself to death.

there are worse ways to spend a life.

you can't keep going at this pace.

i don't have time to rest.

it needs to be done.

do you have any healthy coping mechanisms, by any chance?

there's no time to waste.

i think it's time for you to take a break.

everything was going great until you stopped me.

i can't sleep yet. not until this is done.

i'm the only one who can do this.

at least let me help you.

if i just focus on my work, i don't have to think about anything else.

i'm not asking you to take a break, i'm telling you.

did you really have to interrupt like that?

i'm not budging.

it's my life's work.

you're not going to convince me otherwise.

when was the last time you slept?

i'll help you finish the job if you promise to get some rest.

you're practically falling asleep standing up.

you can finish this in the morning.

let me get you to bed.

don't you get it? it's over!

working yourself to death isn't going to fix anything.

if i don't do it, no one else will.

i wish you would take some time to rest.

i'm not taking a break, if that's what you're asking.

you just broke my concentration, thank you very much.

i'm not going to bed.

i don't know how to quit.

they're counting on me.

too many people rely on me.

i can't disappoint them.

you need a vacation.

i wish you would just listen to me and slow down.

your eye bags have eye bags.

all right, that's it. i'm putting my foot down.

no more excuses.

what do you get out of this? this overworking thing?

without my work... i'm nothing.

no one else is going to step in.

i don't care about me. i care about them.

we have unfinished business.

if i stop now, it'll be like giving up.

i'm a perfectionist. it's in my nature.

better to pour myself into my work than something else.

i wish you would go easy on yourself.

there's still a lot of work to be done.

i'm not finished with it yet.

i can't give up just yet.

there's nothing noble about working yourself to death.

you think i can't handle this myself?

there's not enough hours in the day.

i realize you think you have to do this.

working like this helps me think.

i'll sleep when i'm dead.

your work ethic scares me sometimes.

i don't need your help.

do you ever sleep?

they need me.

no matter how hard you work, it won't bring them back.

do you realize how crazy that sounds?

i'm not stopping until this is done.

you need to slow down.

i feel like i'm wasting my life.

have you ever taken a vacation?

i can handle this on my own.

i'm nothing without my work.

you're going to get sick if you keep going like this.

you've proven your point.

you're going to work yourself to death.

there are worse ways to spend a life.

you can't keep going at this pace.

i don't have time to rest.

it needs to be done.

do you have any healthy coping mechanisms, by any chance?

there's no time to waste.

i think it's time for you to take a break.

everything was going great until you stopped me.

i can't sleep yet. not until this is done.

i'm the only one who can do this.

at least let me help you.

if i just focus on my work, i don't have to think about anything else.

i'm not asking you to take a break, i'm telling you.

did you really have to interrupt like that?

i'm not budging.

it's my life's work.

you're not going to convince me otherwise.

when was the last time you slept?

i'll help you finish the job if you promise to get some rest.

you're practically falling asleep standing up.

you can finish this in the morning.

let me get you to bed.

don't you get it? it's over!

working yourself to death isn't going to fix anything.

if i don't do it, no one else will.

i wish you would take some time to rest.

i'm not taking a break, if that's what you're asking.

you just broke my concentration, thank you very much.

i'm not going to bed.

i don't know how to quit.

they're counting on me.

too many people rely on me.

i can't disappoint them.

you need a vacation.

i wish you would just listen to me and slow down.

your eye bags have eye bags.

all right, that's it. i'm putting my foot down.

no more excuses.

what do you get out of this? this overworking thing?

without my work... i'm nothing.

no one else is going to step in.

i don't care about me. i care about them.

we have unfinished business.

if i stop now, it'll be like giving up.

i'm a perfectionist. it's in my nature.

better to pour myself into my work than something else.

i wish you would go easy on yourself.

“ i know you, i know you like i know my own name, i know who you are in your bones. ”

” i see the way you look at her, a love like that doesn’t die. ”

“ never doubt my love for you, you always saw the best in me because you were the best of me.  ”

“ i still need you in my life. ”

“ you chose them, you always choose them. ”

“  passion wasn’t our problem.  we were always good at that part.  but passion can be anger and hate,  just as easily as joy and love.  somewhere along the way,  we forgot which was which. ”

“  you can’t keep doing this.  you can’t just keep coming here and expecting me to drop everything for you.  ”  

 “  you can’t keep doing this to me.  either you want this,  or you don’t.  but you keep tugging me back and forth.  ”

“  i can’t keep doing this.  i want to pretend to be happy for you but it’s killing me inside.  ”  

“  stop.  you have to stop.  because i don’t have the strength to look you in the eyes and make you leave.  i need you to be strong for me.  one last time.  ”

“  look at me and tell me you don’t feel anything.  make me believe it,  and i’ll go.  ”  

“  every time i’m around you it’s…it’s like a poison.  you’re in me.  and i can’t get you out.  ”

“  i know i didn’t call— i just.  i couldn’t stop thinking about you.  i had to see you. ”

“  i know i don’t have any right to anymore,  but i need you.  ”  

“  what are you doing here?  ”

“  will you just stay with me?  just for tonight.  please.  ”

“  you came?  ”

“  of course i came.  you needed me.  ”  

“  you loved the idea of me more than you loved me.  ”

“  i can’t keep being in love with someone who hates themself more than they love me.  ”

“  i was ready.  i was there.  but you were too scared of something real.  ”

“  i used to think you were the only person who could love me.  i’m not that person anymore.  if you want me back you have to give me a goddamn good reason more than ‘we belong together.’  ”  

“  you better fucking mean it because i want you too.  ” 

“  don’t look at me like that.  ”

“  just one more time.  ”

“  love isn’t just missing me.  you don’t love me if you aren’t willing to put in the work.  ”

“  you don’t miss me.  you miss how i made you feel.  ”

“  i get to decide whether or not you’re good enough.  that was my choice to make.  and you took it away.  ”

“  i’m sorry— i shouldn’t have kissed you i just…  ”

“  i didn’t have anywhere else to go.  i’m sorry.  ”  

“  i know you probably hate me right now but i don’t have anyone else to talk to.  ”

“  isn’t that my shirt?  ”

“  of course i still love you.  ”

“  i don’t.  i don’t love you anymore.  ”

“  you’re so full of shit.  ”

“  you can lie to yourself but you can’t lie to me.  ”

“  i want to try again.  i know we can make this work.  ”

“  i won’t run from this.  i won’t run from us again.  ”

“  don’t break my heart again.  ”

NSFW / ACTIONS