#coruscvnts

“I trust you. I trust you with things I don’t trust with anyone else, Sam, Cami, Paul. Things I’m afraid to say to them and you just go and tell Paul the one thing I needed you to keep quiet.” His jaw clenched and released, over and over again. “You are my family, Len. And sometimes we don’t like our family, we get to be angry, but I still love you. Right now, though? I need you to back the hell off. You fucked me on this one. You got everyone up my ass worried. I’m the beta. My place is to care for the pack, and look after Sam. I am no one’s burden.” He paused then before he sighed, and moved close, slowly. Wrapping his arms around her shoulders, he kissed the top of her head. “I love you, Len, but you gotta let me be mad for a lil.”

                    THERE’S  A  SHARP  BREATH  and  a  slight  pause  as  violet  can’t  fight  off  the  blood  rushing  to  her  cheeks,  but  god  she  wishes  she  could.  after  the  slight  brushing  of  tilly’s  hand,  she  knew  her  suspicions  weren’t  just  in  her  head.  she  was  curious,  thought  the  girl  would  laugh  at  her  rather  than  anything  else…  but,  no.    ❝    oh,    ❞    is  all  she’s  able  to  get  out  at  first.  she  feels  like  perhaps  her  knees  will  buckle  from  her  nerves.  there’s  no  doubt  that  she  likes  the  flirting,  the  feeling  of  being  wanted,  the  chills  that  a  simple  touch  sends  up  her  spine…  but  she’s  at  a  loss  for  words.  instead,  rather  than  saying  anything  at  all,  she  simply  smiles.

                     SHE  HAS  NO  PLACE  AT  THE  HOSPITAL  ANYMORE.  her  excuse  used  to  be  she  was  visiting  her  mother,  which  she  was  usually  bringing  her  food  anyway,  but  now…  now,  there’s  nothing.  there’s  no  reason.  lately  she’s  been  wondering,  questioning  if  her  medical  desires  should  be  taken  in  a  different  direction…  a  direction  of  being  a  doctor.  even  that  seemed  like  a  pipe  dream,  what  with  her  failing  last  semester.  she’ll  be  lucky  if  she  isn’t  kicked  out.  still,  she’s  roaming…  old  habits  die  hard,  apparently.  even  if  she’s  barely  told  anyone,  violet  figures  they’ll  catch  on  when  she  doesn’t  show  up  to  work.    ❝    oh,  hold  on,  i  know  where  my  mom  —    ❞    she  stops,  horrified  at  her  own  words.  violet  clenches  her  jaw,  forcing  a  painful  smile.    ❝    i’ll  go  find  another  pair.    ❞

          KIM HAD TAKEN UP the unfortunate ( depending on who you asked ) habit of not knocking before she entered rooms in the gladstone household. if she wasn’t with her mate, she was often left unattended to roam as she pleased which, in her defense, had led them to this very predicament. everan had given her the mi casa es su casa speech ages ago, it seemed like, and the first priority on her list had been tracking down the clothes she’d seemingly left behind when the two were caught up in each other. ❝ ev ? i’m coming in to find my — ❞ she started, pushing open the door without a second thought though she quickly found herself stopping dead in her tracks, squeak of surprise slipping from her lips. everan was facing the door, almost expectantly, fully naked without a care in the world. sure, it wasn’t nothing she hadn’t seen before, but that didn’t stop the bright flush that had colored her cheeks. ❝ god, sorry i - i didn’t realize, you should have warned me ! ❞ kim stated indignantly, appreciative gaze sweeping his body before she found herself spinning back towards the door. ❝ and wipe that smirk off your face, won’t you ? this is so not funny ! ❞     /     @coruscvnts.

          KIM HAD STILL NOT fully recovered from the feeling of disappearing out of and into existence. especially not with the amount of time that had passed in town, even if it felt like nothing on the other side. but it was something she was doing her best not to dwell on now that she was back with her family, back with her mate. which was how she’d found herself with her legs curled across everan’s in the quiet stillness of her home, body angled towards him with full attention as she gently stroked her fingers across his cheek. making up for months worth of lost time, as if they hadn’t been doing that enough since she’d returned. ❝ i was so worried i would never see you again. i’ve missed you, ev, ❞ she finds herself reiterating for the thousandth time, tone soft even with the quiet teases that follow. ❝ you’re looking a little scraggly, mr. gladstone. forget what a haircut was while i was away ? ❞ because gone sounded too permanent, struck too close to the bone.     /     @coruscvnts.

SYBIL WAS A GIRL OF A VERY STRICT routine. ever since the incident, she’d gotten into the habit of wearing gloves most of the time. sometimes at school she had to leave them in her locker, that was when she was the most concerned. outside of school, the gloves only came off for showering. her hot water tank had broken and jeremy had been kind enough to offer the shower. she was on high alert having to ditch her gloves. it almost wasn’t worth it—the hot water definitely was. she’d gotten out of the shower and had just wrapped the towel around her arms. she had no time to react, she simply saw the door swing open and lept back, hands retracting as far away from whoever on the other side of the door. but she hadn’t tied the towel that well. thankfully ( but perhaps more embarrassingly ) it was elena. ❝ ohmygod, ❞ she gasped, saying it all in one word. she dropped to the floor for the towel and wished she could have hid under it instead. ❝ i did not know anyone else was home. ❞ she stood there, unsure of what to say next. ❝ could you close the door so i could die in silence? ❞

SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS HAPPENING again. it was even worse that she wasn’t with kol. she and lennon weren’t close, not by a long shot. minnie wished they would have been. even if they weren’t she was glad to have someone by her side. ❝ i’m scared. ❞ tears were running into her ear. ❝ but i’m glad that paul has you. and this town has you. ❞ she coughed. she was in so much pain. she didn’t know how much longer she would be able to hold on. she groaned. ❝ just promise me you’ll take care of him and yourself because he needs you. and he deserves to be happy. ❞ she coughed and felt her breath leave. she struggled, gasping for air. it only made the pain worse. she squeezed her eyes shut. ❝ if... you see... kol, ❞ she was wincing through every word, ❝ just tell him— ❞ she sucked in another breath, but her lungs couldn’t even hold the air. she coughed a few more times and felt herself give into the pull of the darkness.