#hefalters

❝—–so, i was thinking i’d maybe just sit this one out.❞ mike newton, though exhausting, made a great LIFE RAFT to cling to when the waters that were lauren and forks’ version of the mean girl clique proved to be too TREACHEROUS to confront, and with him down for the count, she had no intention of braving the storm alone.  beau wasn’t going to abandon her, she knew that, logically she did, but that did little to curb her growing anxiety.  // ( @hefalters. )

 ❝ right. ❞   the response is neither challenging nor dismissive; the blood on her hands was hardly a product of ( SNAPPING ) the way his actions suggested his was, but she didn’t have the audacity to cast any judgments.  she’s seen what happens during these trials,  seen the truth twisted INSIDE OUT just for the sake of crafting a STORY their audience could understand. ( she’s good at it, seeing who they manage to sway. pays attention. is better in action than she is here where she can’t be sure that what she can EMPATHIZE with is what others will deem FORGIVABLE. ) laurel castillo is quick to adapt, quicker than most, & if she’s learned anything, it’s that in his house, they’re only as unforgivable as they were once forgivable, and that’s both a blessing and a curse. outside of it, however, no one was safe from the wolves. not even with annalise, their steadfast guardian who vowed to protect them. ( it’s with a surprising bitterness that she finds herself thinking that mr. wilder’s damning evidence might not be near as damning as the woman they depended on for salvation ! ) when she speaks again, she thinks it generous.       ❝annalise wants you to sound  SYMPATHETIC  to the jury. that means anything is fair game.        she’ll t e a r everything  DOWN  if gives her a chance of maybe winning them all over.            you should prepare yourself, mr. wilder.  ❞

❝ — mr. wilder ...   ❞  she approaches her next question CAUTIOUSLY, nervously, even; she’s different the others, doesn’t scare when they do, but this is frightening in a way that guns and stains they can’t get out of carpets aren’t. it’s very UN-ANNALISE of her, she knows, and teeth worry her bottom lip at the realization ——— but even that isn’t enough to STOP her, not in the way that it should. she’s no annalise, but she knew what to do with the body, and it was her that figured out their alibi, and she’d never felt SO SURE and she’d never liked that feeling that much.            ❝ why? why did you do it? ❞

         ❛ okay, it’s totally NOT my business, but for whatever it’s worth, i’m wearing two day old eyeliner, and there’s a knot in my hair the size of fuckin’ texas that i spent an hour and a half trying to hide rather than just brushing it out. whatever’s got you acting like you’ve got a fucking rat up your ass has to pale in comparison. i’m not gonna judge. ❜