they were out when they weren’t supposed to be. against kratos’ wishes. twilight had made the water below the girl practically sparkle, something he would want to admire when they weren’t in danger. atreus quickly dashed towards the girl at full speed with one thing on his mind: darkness is almost upon us. atreus kneeled down, grabbing ahold of her hand as tight as he could before using all of his strength to pull her up. it wasn’t as great as his father’s ( in his eyes, it never would be. ) but it managed to save both of them from plummeting to their deaths.    “  can we not... tell father about this? ever.   ”  

“   what is it this time? a cigarette? a ride somewhere? wait...   ” she was sitting on her father’s favorite,  deteriorating recliner ( which she sees as a health hazard ), filling the house with cigarette smoke. him and josh were out of town and deena was taking advantage of that. until the infamous berman sister found her way into the living room. she leaned forward, her eyes narrowing as she looked ziggy up and down.     “  how the hell did you even get in here? did you kick in the door or something?     ”  

“   zig, half of the shit that happens in shadyside doesn’t make sense. so i doubt that whatever else you have to say will phase me.   ” deena sounded far from convinced. she already mentally prepared herself for a possible lie. that was almost always the case with ziggy. even josh made her fall for their outlandish stories sometimes. but the moment she sat down on the steps of her house, she stole a glance from her way and could tell that ziggy was serious. oh, shit. deena’s face wrinkled up as she held herself tightly, trying to stop herself from trembling. it was almost as if mother nature could tell that her heart fell into her stomach.    “   the rest of the story can’t be that crazy, right?   ”