#icicle2

❝ ... what's happening, cam? ❞

“   i’ll   defend   you   for   a   lot   of   things   cam   [   @icicle2​​   ]   but   i   won’t   stand   by   and   watch   you   turn   into   a   jerk   because   you’re   angry   with   the   world.   just   talk   to   me.   ”

“   you   don’t   have   to   talk   to   me,   you   know.   ”    figures   the   loser   from   shadyside   would   be   paired   with   the   loser   from   sunnyvale.   what   ziggy   can’t   figure   out   is   why   @icicle2​   is   so   hell - bent   on   talking   to   her.    “   it’s   just   a   field   trip.   we’re   probably   never   even   gonna   see   each   other   again   after   this   anyways.   ”

her     head     shakes.     ‘     no,     it’s     okay.     ’     she     pat     the     spot     on     the     couch     next     to     her.     ‘     i     was     just     reading     trying     to     doing     some     research.     ’     it     had     been     a     few     hours     at     this     point     and     reading     latin     then     greek     and     spanish     had     started     brewing     a     minor     headache     and     she     needed     a     break.     ‘     i     just     came     here     because     it     was     quiet.     i     promise     i     wasn’t     trying     to     hide     away.     ’

meme   /   still   accepting.

‘     well,     you     know     witch     powers     do     have     their     weaknesses     sometimes.     ’     she     had     gotten     surprised     by     a     monster     and     gotten     knocked     before     lizzie     had     managed     to     find     her     and     get     rid     of     it.     ‘     just     a     few     bumps     and     scratches.     ’     a     mild     pause     removing     the     ice     from     her     head.     ‘     and     a     possible     concussion.     ’     technically,     a     confirmed     one     by     her     family     friend     and     doctor     but     there     was     no     need     to     worry     anymore.     her     sister     and     father     were     already     worried     enough.     ‘     i’ll     be     okay.     just     need     to     take     it     easy     for     the     week.     ’

❝  i'm  feelin  like  i'm  not  going  to  get  any  further  than  'right  here'  ,  man.    you  ever  feeling  like  that?    just...i  dunno?    stuck?❞  

[  𝒊𝒏  𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚  𝒕𝒐  ,  @icicle2  ]  :  THERE  IS  A  WAR  RAGING  WITHIN  YOU,  CLIMBING  YOUR  RIBS  LIKE  SOLDIERS  ON  A  HILL.  who  do  you  side  with,  they  ask  :  your  humanity  ...  or  the  monster  that's  been  borne  of  you?  eyes  emanate  with  light,  fragmented  &  broken  like  the  rest  of  him,  his  focus  on  cameron  deadly  and  precise  despite  the  weakness  spreading  through  his  fingers.  "  ...  you  ask  stupid  fucking  questions.  "  matthew's  venom  is  dull,  his  gate  wobbly,  but  his  strength  of  will  immeasurable.  he  won't  crumble,  standing  tall  like  the  steel  giants  erected  all  throughout  the  city.