Shoving everything into the closet doesn't count as cleaning.

Hey, is the internet down for you too.

Touch the thermostat and I'll kill you.

I asked for a quiet morning, not whatever this is.

And just how long were you going to let me keep watering a fake plant!?

Don't you even think of walking in here with those muddy shoes, I just mopped!

Why would you leave your wet towel on the bed!?

Come here, your hair's sticking up weird.

I said we just needed milk, why did you buy six loaves of bread?

Well maybe I wouldn't have to eat it with a spoon if somebody had done the dishes!

I'm not really sure if we need bleach or a flamethrower for the leftovers in the back of the fridge.

Did you seriously put the empty cereal box back in the pantry?

(insert name here), you have five seconds to explain why my white shirts have all turned pink.

Who left the fridge open?!

You do know you're supposed to wash your used cups, not collect them on your nightstand, right?

You said you’d take the trash out three hours ago.

Hey, have you seen my phone?

I cooked, which means you get to do the dishes.

I'm going shopping, do you want to come?

You couldn't have left me at least a little hot water?!

Stop stealing the covers!

You fell asleep on the couch again. Come to bed.

Isn't that my shirt?

I'm not sure I even remember what it's like to be happy.

Tell me it's going to be okay, even if it's a lie.

I never got to say goodbye.

In the end, everyone leaves me.

As long as you're safe it's fine, it doesn't matter what happens to me.

It's fine, I'm used to it.

Please, just stay until I fall asleep.

I wish I could hate you. It would make this easier.

Don't make promises you can't keep.

I'm not even sure who I am anymore.

Don't waste your grief on someone like me.

I'm sorry, I thought I could fix things.

I was never anyone's first choice, was I?

It's already in the past, so why is it still affecting me?

Maybe I deserved it.

I thought I was stronger than this.

Will it ever stop hurting?

You’re all I have left, and I don’t think you realize that.

I knew it was too good to be true.

Why does this keep happening to me?

I didn't mean for any of this to happen.

It's okay, I wouldn't want to be around me either.

I don't think there's anything left of me to save.

I'm so tired of being alone.

I don't know how to do this without you.

You keep doing this, you keep breaking your promises!

I think I broke something in me a long time ago.

I don’t think I can pretend anymore.

Don’t talk about leaving like it’s something normal.

I'm trying dammit! Do you think it's easy to change!

You think I can be saved but I'm not so sure...

dialogue.

i trusted you. my mistake.

i'll never forgive you.

i'll spend the rest of my life making you miserable.

we'll never be the same again.

you crossed a line.

you and me? we're done.

beg. for your life. for forgiveness. just beg.

are you going to beg?

i almost had you.

you were lucky last time. not this time.

they're dead ... because of you.

you took everything from me! what more do you want?

i'm not mad that you lied to me. i'm mad that i can't trust you ever again.

i will sacrifice us both just to make a point.

making each other miserable is our thing. don't try to change that.

this is my revenge.

something about you makes me want to be violent.

how could you?

why did you come back for me?

i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry.

i won't make that mistake again.

you betrayed me. i suffered.

how fucking dare you!

how the fuck could you do this to me? to us?

our story ends with your end.

i won't show you mercy.

why are you helping me? i don't like you!

just this once.

you won't always be able to cheat death.

concepts.

on sight. sender and receiver have been on opposing sides for years. anytime one of them sees the other, it's bound to turn into an altercation.

knife wound. sender stabs receiver with a small blade.

pointed end. sender holds a blade to receiver's throat.

enemy of my enemy. sender or receiver saves the other from an oncoming attack from a third party, forcing them to temporarily be allies.

fist to kiss. sender kisses receiver without warning after a moment of high tension and close proximity shared between the pair.

enemies to lovers. suddenly sender's and receiver's banter and fighting turns into something more than hateful encounters.

headlock. sender manages to pull receiver into a headlock and continue a physical altercation.

betrayal. receiver confronts sender over feeling betrayed by them.

having straightened from repairing one of the ruined sections of fence, the woman startled at her vision suddenly being obstructed. "ass," she mumbles, though there's no malice in her tone as she leans back against him for a moment before turning to face him. blinking at the sight of flowers, hues rise to look at him with arched brows. she knows he cares for her, but the charade they've put up for the others about being a married couple has been just that and this seems so — so much more. her heart melts as her expression softens. "you made lunch?" it's partially in tease, partially in thanks before the woman is accepting the flowers with one hand as the other wraps around his middle. "maybe out by the swing? might stop us from being overrun by the kids or a stomping eris. just us for a little bit." squeezing around his middle, rhea flashes a smile. "do i have a house husband all of the sudden? making me lunch?"

"eris is.... you're not wrong, stomping. i get it though, i can get why that infuriated someone like her. see if it was me, i'd be milking it, sat on the porch all woe is me you simply must be a nurse for me." he teased, his silly smirk flashing. "well i am meant to be your husband, so i better start acting like it right? that okay with you?" that swarm that'd got them.. the thing was, it'd scared him. that possibility that he could've very well lost her? that thought terrified him far more than he'd put in to words. he didn't want to be in this hell hole of a world without her anymore. he made a gesture with his head, hooking his arm around her shoulder to move towards the direction of the swing. "oh and don't tell cade, but i did swipe a few of the strawberries." his other hand moved to his lips in a 'shhh' action. "specifically to be kept a secret."

not wanting to cling to desperately, the woman laid in bed until the sound of voices drifted beneath the crack beneath the door. if there was one good thing that had come out of all of this, it was watching cade with forrest and fern. the kids may not be theirs, but the image of the three together certainly put an idea or two in her mind.

leaning against the door frame into the kitchen to watch the little exchange, lips quirk into a small smile when cade's hues finally rise to her. "your dads a knight," she notes, bolstering her husbands earlier reassurance. "and knights always rescue their princess. your momma and your dad are going to be just fine." padding into the room, she moves to brush hands along to tops of both kids heads before leaning to give cade a quick kiss. "now whats this i heard about eggs and drawings? want to show me while cade cooks me something up to eat?" there's a soft chorus of agreement before eyes are moving to her husband in amusement. "you heard them," she teases.

how she managed to put them at ease that easily baffled him, but she'd been a teacher before this and he'd been a man that never expected that children, whether his or someone else's, would be a part of his life. he sat back slowly, moving his hand to ruffle into the boys hair. yet there she was, his beautiful wife, easing their troubles so easily, he admired that so much. that's why he had that adoring look on his face when he looked across the table to her.

"we drew it together.." fern started to explain, turning the piece of paper between them around. they'd drawn them all around a table, every single one of them, and in the middle of the table was this huge pile of eggs. these two kids loved the fact this farm had chickens and an endless supply of eggs, considering some time ago it'd been rationing on any remaining tinned goods they'd find on the move. eggs felt like a luxury. the funny part was how they looked like they were all praising the eggs. the sweeter part was how the kids had made sure to draw each person next to their person, just like how they'd put kal between eris and silas.

asher was still of a split mind on whether or not he ought to have gone off with the group meant to be exploring the island. despite having been stranded there for a handful of weeks, they'd stuck to, what he assumed, was a very small area. they had no idea what truly lurked out there and if any of them were capable fighters - well, they'd both been left at their little camp.

yet as the grating voice of eden's second child boyfriend broke through the air, he understood. there was an unspoken agreement that the man, while seemingly harmless on the surface, was not to be trusted. hues rose from sharpening the knife within his grasp, the next pass of the whetstone particularly harsh and causing the man to startle and look over at asher. dark satisfaction flooded him when the other mans gaze skittered away quickly, some excuse muttered beneath his breath before stomping off toward the woods like a toddler.

"foods ready," silas called - breaking up the small chattering and activity scattered around the area. fish and fruit was quickly separated out onto their makeshift little plates before he rose to pass it all around before plopping beside eris and her little mini-me. "hey squirt." he murmured. "was thinking after lunch we could maybe trek back to the crash site if your moms up for it? i think we picked through all the food and meds that might be there, but clothes and what not might be helpful, huh? maybe we'll get lucky - find something good?" glancing at eris, a brow arches as if asking if she was up for the trip.

lily jumped up at the mention of food, she's been hesitant to try anything at first but she'd taken a real liking to the softer fruits they could find and fish, if it was silas that'd cooked it. cade had a habit of overcooking it and eden was the master of making things more flavorful with various herbs she'd found in the forest. mia, eris' girl was a bit on the quiet side, more reserved but she'd always been that way. she was happy to sit and read some of the books they'd brought back but when silas spoke she nodded. "can we mom?" eris looked up from her plate, shrugging her shoulders whilst nodding. "yeah, why not, but you listen to me and silas on the way okay? no running off any direction."

"you know how to make baskets? will you teach me how soon?" mia asked when asher mentioned it. "it'd certainly be useful if we could all work on making those, collecting food, keeping different things separate, herbs from fruit and what not." eris commented. "i think it'd be really useful, and me and silas can take a suitcase or two, bring quite a bit back with us, like he said, clothing or any more blankets, that kind of thing. i'm thinking more towels would be useful too, for down at the beach and for hammocks, it'd be really useful because it's strong material and then we don't have to sleep on the ground."