“ please, just rest for a minute please ” FROM JOHN : )
meme. @tenderache. accepting.
❝ I CAN’T, DAD. ❞ you can’t even say that you wish you could, because you don’t. you have to be awake, but you can’t tell him why, not without terrifying him, not without reminding him of the time he lost his son to a demonic fox. you’ve been having nightmares again, ones that make you relive the moments where you were hurting everyone around you, killing those around you. you can’t sleep, because he might still be in your head, he might still have enough power to take control of you again and you’re not sure if you could stop him. you couldn’t last time, and you’ve only gotten weaker since then, you’ve only gotten more exhausted. you don’t think you’d be able to even put up a fight if he tried to take over again.
❝ i’ve got this test tomorrow and scott needs my help with something and just——— i’m not even tired, okay? i’m fine. ❞ you’re shoving your keys in your pocket as you speak, an over-shirt tugged on clumsily. you can’t look at him, not when he’s begging you to sleep, not when you think he might be asking you to stay. you wonder if it’s sad that you can lie to him so easily, that the excuses drop from your tongue so naturally that you forget none of it is true. ❝ i'll be home later, okay? don’t eat anything fatty while i’m gone. there’s a salad made up for you in the fridge. ❞











