#deadhaert

                 𝕻𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍 𝕯𝖊𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖙 𝖂𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 , 𝕯𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖉 𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌

                   neither of them were doing much,  granted -- there was fuck all to od here aside from the trials that they were randomly selected for.  but neither peach nor david were of use to the entity as of yet, so they were sat by the campfire - david leaning against the log -- peach leaning against him. it was quiet,  up until the moment david speaks.  ❛ ... babe, ❜   he comments, hesitating for a moment before continuing on.  ❛ wha’ d’ya think y’miss the most from life before this? ❜  

                this wasn’t the first, second, third -- even fourth time he’s seen peach die while in the trails. it doesn’t happen every time, david goes out of his way to do anything he can to make sure that peach gets out of it alive;  but it doesn’t always work out. there are times where nothing would ever be enough, and she’d be sacrificed to the entity one way or another.. or,  even worse -- ripped apart by whatever deranged killer was stuck in the trials with them. 

                when the trial is over, when they all return back to camp.. david does what he always does, sits by the camp fire in wait for peach’s return. worrying that this might be the time where she doesn’t come back.  but she does -- she always comes back. the moment he sees her -- it finally feels like he can fucking breathe again,  and he give out a sigh of relief,  getting up from the log he was sat on and heading over to her,  immediately wrapping his arms around her petite frame.  

                      oh.  that... really wasn’t anything that claudette has felt before.. and how earnest peach was -- how much she believed that. it was crazy to think that claudettes priorities could be pulled out from under her feet because of someone else she met.   

                      king wasn’t sure if that was something he agreed on,  only because he knew what sort of person he was outside of the fog. don’t get him wrong, he was thankful for meeting peach, he knew that she made him a better person. but he had already started on self improvement before she had the chance to meet the person he was before all of this. but it was still sweet, and he somewhat wishes that he had met her before all of this, too, even if he isn’t sure if it’d be the best thing for her.