#((ah; ocd solidarity! i didn't know what ocd was as a kid BUT i watched both 'nightmare before christmas'))

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Uh, lass? Halloween isn't for a good few more months-it's a little early for practical jokes like that!"

"It's not a joke, Pa," Randall sighed heavily-he should've anticipated this, in a way; that if they didn't immediately become alarmed over this revelation, that they wouldn't believe them, and instead think this was some sort of big joke. But that wasn't it-far from it, and he tried to hammer this in as he insisted, "Emily is telling the truth!"

"Randall..." June asked, tone wary and expression full of concern-it wasn't like her son to try and pull their leg like this, but surely, that had to be what it was, right? Surely he didn't really think they'd believe him when he said his girlfriend was a vampire?

And surely...he didn't really believe that himself, did he?

Sighing heavily, Randall looked around for a way to prove it, before gesturing to the mirror hanging on the wall by the front door; a little something for the Pace's to look into, make sure they looked nice before they headed off to work. Pointing it out, he sighed heavily, "Look, if you want proof...look into the mirror. You'll see me on the couch, but...you won't see her."

His parents exchanged concerned looks at this, and Randall sighed again, saying, "I know it sounds crazy, but please...we don't want to keep this a secret from you-Emily was very honest about it with me last night, and we decided earlier today that we'd be honest with you. Please, just...trust us. And trust us when we saw that Emily doesn't mean me any harm. I love her, and she loves me."

#((ah; ocd solidarity! i didn't know what ocd was as a kid BUT i watched both 'nightmare before christmas')) #((in which jack becomes fixated on christmas and 'the adventures of ichabod and mr. toad')) #((in which toad becomes fixated on a red hot hot rod; i felt an affinity for them both!)) #((little seven year old me was like 'ah yes. men of taste! these guys know what's up!')) #((i just felt a connection to them for becoming fixed on these things; even if those fixations)) #((were very different from my own; i felt understood in a way i hadn't felt before)) #((and to this day; many many years after i got officially diagnosed; i still have a big soft spot for those characters!)) #((it was just nice as a kid to see characters who seemed a lot like me)) #((even if; again; at that time i didn't know what ocd was or that i had it!)) #outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Dark Shadows