#unsolvedcase

        ❝    𝐇𝐄’𝐋𝐋    𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐌     𝐔𝐏    𝐓𝐎     𝐘𝐎𝐔  .    ❞    wedged    between    the    sofa    and    end    table    is    the    crust    of   a   COLD    SLICE    OF    PIZZA    and  ,    once   retrieved  ,    she    holds   it    aloft    between     thumb   and    forefinger    with    a    look    of   distaste  .    she    is   ʜᴀʟғ   ᴄᴏɴᴠɪɴᴄᴇᴅ   that   tyler   must    have    dropped   it    there  ,    but    she    takes    some    pleasure    in    pinning    stiles     WITH     AN     EXPRESSION    OF    PURE    ACCUSATION    as    she    passes    him    on    the    way    to    the    kitchen  .    ❝    he    doesn’t    know    you    yet  .    and    he    is    prone    to    paranoia  ,    𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙲𝙷    𝙸'𝙼    𝚂𝚄𝚁𝙴    𝙷𝙴    𝙿𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙴𝙳    𝚄𝙿    𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴    𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼    𝙷𝙸𝚂    𝙵𝙰𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁    𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙽    𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼    𝙼𝙴  .    ❞

        𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐖, 𝐁𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐂𝐔𝐏. when she spies him from her peripheral, she ignores the ache in her chest and begins cleaning a dirty plate with 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. ❝ did he go down okay? he’s been FUSSY for me the past few nights. ❞

“i can’t believe i’m stuck with you.”    

evidently,   you  were  mistaken.

‘  okay,  this  is  explainable.  ’   hands  are  barely  touching  the  roof,   fingertips  effectively  glued  to  the  ceiling.   he  wishes  this  was  the  first  time  he’d  been  caught  hanging  like  ———  well,  a  spider.  or  a  bat.    is  he  batman  2.0  now?  oh  boy,  hello  copy  right  lawsuit.   ‘  very  explainable.  nothing  weird  going  on.   very  normal,  you  know?  so,  you  could  just  walk  away.  then  i  wouldn’t  have  to  explain  it.  no  point  explaining  normal  things,  right?  yeah?  good  plan.  ’