#thebarebonesisters

@thebarebonesisters​ asked:  “  i made you something.  ”

@thebarebonesisters​ asked:  “  will you just…hold me? please.  ”

Chastity and Credence were not as close as he and Modesty- perhaps they once were, when they were younger, but time had progressed and things had changed. Chastity was Mary Lou’s favorite child; she was nearly as righteous & pious as their mother herself. Meanwhile he often felt as some sort of catalyst for Mary Lou’s rage.  (nothing he ever said or did seemed to be correct in her eyes.)  But despite all of this, he still did not feel any sort of sense of jealousy or resentment for her. He would rather it be him, than be one of them.

- — ✦  THE TILT OF THE HEAD AT THE TEAR-STREAKED ADMISSION, Mary Lou can see the guilt in Chastity’s puffy red eyes, the way the girl’s hands shake, just slightly — The pursing of a mother’s lips ensues, the untangling of fingers, hands clasped behind her back to CRADLE her daughters face in rarely soft touch.  SHE WILL NEED TO BE PUNISHED, EITHER WAY, but the admission without need to discover hidden wrongdoing lessens this, gives way for this odd stage between action && consequence, like being stuck in limbo.

   Chastity was a good child — Perhaps the BEST BEHAVED in the entire lineup. Sin is repented quickly, and the grief of it is clear.  ❝ Chastity, ❞   she coos, a thumb moving to wipe a fresh tear from her child’s cheek.   ❝ Thank you for telling me. A guilty conscience never stays guilty for long — At least not with you, ❞   

   Of course, it would be FOOLISH to think she was without fault, no matter how molded into Mary Lou’s ‘ perfect ’ image she’s contorted her being ; but this is why Mary Lou is here, to CORRECT where things go wrong, to TEACH, to SAVE THEIR SOULS.   

ELIZA STARTER SENTENCES.