#twtau

“Listen, Father,” Jake made another plea for his attention, twirling around from the dilapidated chalkboard. “I will give you another disclaimer that all I have to offer are textbook teachings and emotional intelligence, but I have an observation for you. Maybe you will never find a greater love than the one you shared with the boy who pressed a wet paper towel to your scraped elbow in fourth grade whilst everyone else laughed. I want you to accept that it’s not life or death if you don’t.”

The Dynamic of Zachariah ‘Zach’ Avery and Louis ‘Lou’ Sloccumb — bound together to the end, for better or for worse.

winners trilogy + demigods au

the sword sliced upwards, and his opponent fell. a damp chill seeped from beneath the ground, and the air stilled. the romans pulled back as the greek swung his sword downwards, a smear of red bright in the darkening fog. under his feet, the earth cracked in outward splinters. 

BREAK MY SOUL IN TWO LOOKING FOR YOU, BUT YOU’RE RIGHT HERE.

“My father always told people I was a ‘good enough’ kid,” She recalls, searching for the words around a mouthful of tea. Deep down, she knows that people’s first urge will be to feel badly for her, and it’s the last thing she wants — she’s merely telling a story. “It was like he knew, despite not being around me enough to remember my middle name or my birthday, that I was too much like him to be loved by him.”

A cocky smirk crept across the young man’s lips as he slid his way across the room, already preparing his well-polished showmanship skills for the interaction.