#astroran

❝  OH  REALLY,  MARRIED !  for  how  long,  a  year ?  ❞  She  talks  over  the  other  with  a  mocking  smile.  ISN’T  IT  WHAT  SHE  DOES  BEST ?  To  anger  people,  to  lead  them  to  exasperation,  to  pull  their  wrathful  words  out  of  their  mouths  when  their  reason  has  been  infected  by  anger,  just  to  feel  entitled  to  point  her  finger  at  them  and  condemn  them;  it  wasn’t  my  fault,  it  was  them !  It’s  not  a  difficult  task  to  unleash  on  Claire  the  repressed  JEALOUSY  she  has  nurtured  for  years,  perhaps  unreasonably.  Yet,  in  her  mind,  Claire  is  the  only  other  woman  who  might’ve  left  a  mark  in  Rust’s  soul,  for  better  or  worse.  ❝  OR  PERHAPS,  unlike  every  other  fucking  self  righteous  little  person  in  his  life  I  won’t  try  to  change  him  and  abandon  him  after  I  will  have  failed  in  the  attempt  of  imposing  my  vision  of  things  on  him.  ❞  she  steps  further,  too  close.  Her  grin  slowly  fades,  replaced  by  the  lingering  remaining  of  a  smile.  To  be  brought  down  by  him  sounds  like  a  more  entertaining  fate  than  going  down  alone;  she’s  already  touched  the  bottom.

                            ‘    i know dustin is    .       .       .     troubled     ,     ‘     that was putting it lightly     .      his public trouble making was the tip of an ugly iceberg   ;      his involvement in underground crime was the rest of it    .    ‘   but i’m working on it     .     his father died a few months ago    ,     and he’s lashing out     .    ‘      /     @astroran

RARELY   DO   PEOPLE   TURN   TO   HIM   IN   SEARCH   FOR   ANSWERS      concerning a murder .        the autopsy report isn’t even finished yet ,        and even him they only tell what he absolutely  needs  to know .        cigarette is lit as he steps from bright hospital into the dusk ,        trying not to meet the other’s gaze .        a surprise to him that she’d even know he’s concerned with this .          ‘     i‘m sorry ,        ma’am ,        i’m not  allowed  t’ tell you anything .     ’          someone that’s simply nosy   ?        a friend perhaps .        partly apologetic ,        partly to prevent further efforts ,        he adds ,          ‘     little to no chance generally when you're not family .     ’              @astroran / sc.

                                                               CONT. / @astroran

@astroran, from this.