#i....dk

Stevie was starving, not quite to death, but honestly it felt pretty close to it as he made his way off of campus and towards...honestly, whatever cheap place he could find. He pulled his phone out of his pocket with one hand, attention drawn towards pulling up Uber, when he felt his shoulder collide with the arm someone else, causing him to drop his phone to the ground. “Shit,” he cursed, stretching down to snatch it up before peering at the poor unsuspecting person, concern settling in. Usually people didn’t exactly like being bumped into, and Stevie was sure either they’d be pissed or he’d hurt them. Neither good options. “Are you okay?”   @radopens​

“enough about me, i think.” his own story was far from the most interesting one, and even if the opposite were the case -- he’d still choose to hear the stories of other people. sometimes that was all the excitement that could be afforded, really. strangers had ways of spinning tales to make the great wide world seem even greater, at least leonie had always thought so. “how about you? you’re hoping to get back to your friends too, right?”

Like all girls who knew pretty like a loaded shotgun, Lola treaded a thin line between speaking and singing. Humbert knew it when he whispered three syllables into Dolores’s ear: Lo-lee-tah. Say it like a poem and it sounds like one. So when Lola’s mouth split into a smile and she asked, “Wanna know a secret?” it was less of a question and more of an unfinished hymn. “I have this dream where I’m in an attic. One of those big ones, you know? Like the Dollanganger children had, just.. – endless. And there’s someone there with me, too. I don’t know who it is, but I know they care about me.” She paused, snaking a hand out to trace a line over someone’s knuckles. “We’re holding hands in the dream, it feels nice. Then I look out the window and everything – everything is on fire.” Taking in a short breath like she was either about to laugh or cry, she abruptly leaned close enough that the scent of her strawberry lip gloss settled in the air. “And you know what? I’m not scared. It’s exciting.”

@starkblut​