Shadow Creek: General Chat

[Caticorn]

@astxrism

He braced his hands on his knees, as if that was going to help him feel steady. And this wasn’t new… this rising, restless hum inside him, but it was quiet for most of the summer. Tonight though… it came back sharp. His chest felt both too tight and too hollow.

@astxrism

Not after watching his mom fade so fast so the thoughts came back… Hospital room, laying there without a single broken bone, that white noise hiss of machines, the memory of how fast a life could be there one second and gone the next. How easy it was to love someone and then lose everything.

Rudy

@astxrism

He crossed his arms over his chest like he could shove the panic back down where it belonged. Come on, just say something. Prove you’re fine.

my heart

@astxrism

It was safer to watch the water breathe than to let her see how hard it was for him to do the same.

okay but this is kinda poetic