FOR THE “YOU CAN KILL ME BUT DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM” DYNAMICS
❝ i only want you. ❞
❝ i don’t need anyone else. i just…you. you’re all i need. ❞
❝ listen, i’ve lost a lot of people in my life. i learned how to deal with it but…you’re different. i can’t take it if it’s you. ❞
❝ i think about anything happening to you and i— i just. i fucking lose it. ❞
❝ you don’t understand. i need you safe. not because i don’t think you can handle yourself but because i can’t focus on anything else if there’s even the smallest possibility you’re in danger. ❞
❝ no one is ever gonna get near you again, you hear me? ❞
❝ i won’t let you get hurt. i promise. and i don’t make empty promises. ❞
❝ turn around. you don’t need to see this part. ❞
❝ just give the word and i’ll kill every one of them. ❞
❝ you can’t get all worked up every time something happens to me. that’s just life. you’re not always gonna be able to protect me from it. ❞
❝ no one else understands me. but you do. you always do. ❞
❝ i don’t think i’m the best person for you, i don’t. but i do know i’m the one that can keep you safe ❞
❝ hey— look at me. it’s over. it’s done. we’re okay. ❞
❝ who the fuck made you cry i’ll fucking rip their head off. ❞
❝ i know you’ve always got my back. ❞
❝ please, let me take care of you this time. you’re always protecting me but it tears me up inside every time you get hurt because of it. ❞
❝ can you make everyone else just go away? i know they mean well but i just want to be alone— alone with you i mean. ❞
❝ i know when you’re here, the real monsters can’t touch me. ❞
❝ oh, i am one of the monsters. but that just means i can keep all the other monsters from ever hurting you again. ❞
❝ if you’re gonna keep risking your life for me than you’re also gonna let me patch you up without a single complaint. ❞
❝ we keep each other safe. it’s my turn to protect you. ❞
❝ i killed them for you. i know you could’ve done it yourself, but you shouldn’t have to. ❞
❝ i love you because i know how capable you are. and i show that love by making sure you don’t have to be the one to always do the hard things. ❞
❝ i’m gonna make them regret ever even thinking about laying a hand on you. ❞
❝ tell me what you want me to do. i’ll do it. whatever you want. ❞
❝ i love you just like this. i love you when you touch me gently like no one else ever has. and i love you when your hands are bloody and your knuckles are bruised. ❞
❝ please, just let me protect you. ❞
❝ are you hurt? did they hurt you? ❞
❝ wait, stop you’re bleeding. ❞
❝ did you just wince? where are you hurt? ❞
❝ i need you in my life. i’m not used to that— needing people. but i do need you. ❞
❝ you make me feel things i’m not used to feeling. ❞
❝ why do you let me close when you’re always driving everyone else away? ❞
❝ you’re mine. and i protect what’s mine. ❞
❝ thank you for always being here for me. ❞
❝ you see things in me that i didn’t even know where there. ❞
❝ that’s enough. let’s go home. ❞
❝ i’m okay now. i’m safe. you don’t have to be angry anymore. ❞
❝ please stop— this is scaring me. ❞
❝ you don’t have to do this for me. ❞
❝ hey stop— stop! look at me. they’re dead now. you can stop. ❞
❝ i have to make an example outta them so no one else tries to hurt you again. ❞
❝ killing for you is easy. it’s right. it feels natural. ❞
❝ let me do this for you. ❞
SCENARIOS
[ ONE ] for sender to take a bullet for receiver.
[ TWO ] for receiver to take a bullet for sender.
[ THREE ] for sender to protect receiver and then carry them to safety.
[ FOUR ] for receiver to protect sender and then carry them to safety.
[ FIVE ] for sender to witness receiver get hurt which sends them into a violent rage.
[ SIX ] for receiver to witness sender get hurt which sends them into a violent rage.
[ SEVEN ] for sender to be hurt trying to protect receiver which makes them bloodthirsty for revenge.
[ EIGHT ] for receiver to be hurt trying to protect sender which makes them bloodthirsty for revenge.
[ NINE ] for sender to have violently protected receiver, so receiver kisses them to calm them down.
[ TEN ] for receiver to have violently protected sender, so sender kisses them to calm them down.
[ ELEVEN ] for sender to carefully approach receiver in the aftermath, gently touching them to try and bring them back to themselves.
[ TWELVE ] for receiver to carefully approach sender in the aftermath, gently touching them to try and bring them back to themselves.
[ THIRTEEN ] sender was kidnapped, receiver shows up to save them.
[ FOURTEEN ] receiver was kidnapped, sender shows up to save them.
[ FIFTEEN ] sender executes a third party in front of receiver because that person hurt them.
[ SIXTEEN ] receiver executes a third party in front of sender because that person hurt them.
[ SEVENTEEN ] sender thinks they’re alone but receiver comes out of nowhere to rescue them from someone who intends to do harm/making them uncomfortable.
[ EIGHTEEN ] receiver thinks they’re alone but sender comes out of nowhere to rescue them from someone who intends to do harm/making them uncomfortable.
[ NINETEEN ] sender has been devastated by something. receiver holds them until they calm down so they don’t do anything drastic.
[ TWENTY ] receiver has been devastated by something. sender holds them until they calm down so they don’t do anything drastic.
[ TWENTY-ONE ] sender thought receiver died so they set out to get revenge. receiver shows up in time to stand in front of them before they go too far.
[ TWENTY-TWO ] receiver thought sender died so they set out to get revenge. sender shows up in time to stand in front of them before they go too far.
[ TWENTY-THREE ] sender is in a vengeful rage because of something that happened to receiver. receiver gently approaches to calm them down saying this isn’t what they want.
[ TWENTY-FOUR ] receiver is in a vengeful rage because of something that happened to sender. sender gently approaches to calm them down saying this isn’t what they want.
[ TWENTY-FIVE ] for sender to have receiver stand by somewhere safe where they can watch sender kill on their behalf.
[ TWENTY-SIX ] for receiver to have sender stand by somewhere safe where they can watch receiver kill on their behalf.
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❛ oh , yes. some seriously egregious missteps did happen tonight. but they've been happening for ages with the majority of us , so who am i to judge. ❜ my smile was tight , the light of it not quite meeting my eyes as i fixed my sharp gaze 'pon the other woman. they'd abandoned me , all of them. not once had anyone tried to find me , see if i was alright , keep in touch. no , the moment we were rescued from those woods , i was disposable. you'd think i would be familiar with that particular sting of abandonment by now , but it still hurt. especially tonight , knowing they all had planned to have me institutionalized. again.
i let my eyes close , tempering an even breath through my nose , trying to fight back my frustrations , my grief. i knew the wilderness chose the victim tonight , not just misty's swinging needle. still , that loss didn't hurt any less with that knowledge , & neither did the other woman's dismissiveness. ❛ you of all people don't get to act like i'm the crazy one here , misty. none of you do. take accountability for what happened here tonight. ❜
i falter, but only for a moment. lottie doesn't scare me like she might with the others, so i push up my glasses at the side of my head, calculating my next words: ❛❛ you act as if i did it on purpose, and i didn't. ❜❜ breathless, indigant, i meet lottie's gaze with my own. i'm defiant, ready to argue every pinpoint of the moments leading up to natalie's ... death. she's dead, and yes, i suppose you could label it as my fault. ❛❛ —— i didn't. ❜❜ i reiterate, taking a step forward toward lottie. ❛❛ i expect you all to be grateful that nothing else happened. some seriously egregious missteps happened tonight, and i won't take all of the blame. ❜❜ —— and that's the truth.
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“ i thought you of all people would understand . ”
❛ of course i understand , paul .. of course i do. i miss you , too. ❜ he was so frustrating sometimes , i hated it when we argued , though truth be told that was incredibly rare , & this barely counted as a fight. sorrowful hues turned upward to fix on my best friend , stretching my hands out to grasp his fingers in mine , offering them a gentle squeeze. ❛ i'm sorry .. for being so distant. after laura lee , & the doomcoming mess , i just .. i've been too stuck in my own head. ❜
for the first time in weeks , we were actually not hungry , that bear i'd killed finally being enough to postpone that dreaded starvation looming on the horizon. everyone else was still eating , jackie currently sulking outside , tension high after she'd fought with shauna & discredited me. my throat bobbed gently , setting my half - eaten meal aside to draw myself in closer to paul again , resting my head on his shoulder with a quiet sigh. ❛ i'm here , though. talk to me , how are you doing ? you're not hungry anymore , right ? are you okay ? ❜
@kwsatz
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❛ it's not .. a vision , it's .. more of a feeling , i guess. ❜ it was like i could feel whispers in the air , tickling the back of my mind with words i couldn't understand. it kept making my breathing catch , the pressure of rising anxiety weighing on my chest so hard it was almost suffocating. my brows creased , rising from my seat on the edge of the cabin's porch , wringing my gloved hands together as i peered out across the vast expanse of untouched snow.
tongue wetting my lips , i glanced back toward misty , my features still sore , still swollen , but my lips were set into a hard , nervous line. ❛ have you seen coach ? i don't like that he hasn't been around for a couple days. ❜
❛❛ tell me —— tell me what you see, lottie. ❜❜
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