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They Look So Pretty When They Bleed

Title: They Look So Pretty When They Bleed

Summary: You and Arvin Russell were best friends, always there for each other for whatever reason. So, when everything started to go down between him and Sheriff Bodecker, it was going to be no different. You were going to be there for him.

Warnings: blood, lots of it; character injury; mentions of death/murder; guns/gunshots; angst; Sheriff Bodecker; attempted s.a.; I apologize if I miss anything but you are responsible for what you read and take in, I just post here.

Word Count: 1,731

Knockemstiff was once a quiet and small town where nothing happened, at least that’s what it felt like to you. But after the most recent events that have transpired, that opinion of yours has changed. It’s no longer that small, quiet town. Now it’s tainted and stained with blood. Even the quaint, one room chapel has seen its fair share of sin and bloodspill. You don’t think you’ll ever be able to look at the building the same way again, or any church really. That’s the night that Arvin came to you, scared out of his mind and babbling how he just shot the preacher. You had to shush him to keep his voice down, afraid that he would wake up your parents in his frantic state. When he finally calmed down though, you reassured him that you would help in any way possible.

That’s how you ended up here, in the woods with a gunshot wound to the side after nearly being killed by the Sheriff’s sister and her husband. The pair of you know that it’s only a matter of time before Sheriff Bodecker catches up. With the wound on your side, it’s slowing you both down so you come up with a plan. You know it’s going to sound bonkers but if one of you gets away, you’d be happy. Especially if it was Arvin. As you lean up against a tree to take a rest, a small smile curls up on your lips as you watch Arvin be on look out. Your voice is weak as you call Arvin over to tell him your plan.

“Everything alright?” Arvin inquires, saying your name at the end quietly as he tucks a piece of your hair behind your ear. Even though you’re both surrounded by darkness in these thick woods, you can see the concern written on his face in the moonlight.

“Look, you and I both know it’s only a matter of time before Bodecker catches up to us. So, I was thinking that we split up-” Before you could finish, Arvin interrupted you.

“What, no?! I’m not leaving you. We’ll make it out of this, the both of us.” He gently cups your cheek and you lean into his touch.

You take in a deep breath, closing your eyes as you do before opening them back up and speaking again. “Look Arvin, this is the best way for you to escape. When we separate, he’ll probably follow the trail of blood, thinking that it’s you that’s been hurt. But in reality, you’ll be on your way out of Knockemstiff when he’s discovered he’s been trailing me.”

As you look into Arvin’s eyes, you can tell that he’s thinking about the plan over in his mind. And with that, a defeated sigh falls from his lips and his shoulders slump. “There’s no changing your mind is there?”

“I’m afraid not. Besides, look at me Arvin,” you pause as you remove your hand from your injured side and it’s drenched in blood. So much so, that you can barely see the skin underneath. It’s been the rush of adrenaline that’s gotten you this far but now that you’ve taken the time to slow down you can feel your body beginning to fade. “I’m bleeding out, I don’t think I have much longer.”

You can see the tears beginning to well up in his eyes. “Hey, don’t talk like that, we’re both getting out of here. I promise.” He says, doing his best to reassure the both of you as he gently rests his forehead against yours.

You close your eyes at the feeling and you can feel a few of your own tears slide down your cheek. A few sniffles come out of you before you pull away from Arvin. Which took everything in you to do, commanding every muscle to let go. “Alright, now you go. We don’t have much longer.”

And you were right. In the thick quietness of the woods, you both heard a few twigs snapping in the distance. Your breath catches in your throat and you can see the fear in Arvin’s eyes. Suddenly, Sheriff Bodecker’s voice rings throughout the woods causing a shiver to crawl up your spine.

“Arvin Russell, I know it was you that killed my sister and her husband! Come on man, I just wanna talk!” When he finishes, you can hear him spit. That's how quiet it is.

You push Arvin away from you and whisper-yell at him in an urgent matter. “Go! Now!”

The pair of you give each other one last look at the other before splitting off into the woods. You look back over your shoulder and see him heading in the direction of the road. A small smile forms for a brief moment before you return your focus to the task at hand. Leading Sheriff Bodecker away from Arvin. You head deeper into the woods, letting go of your wound to let the blood fall freely to the ground. Every now and then, you purposely place your hand on the trunk of a tree. You just hope that Bodecker is stupid enough to fall for this plan. Or maybe it’s you that’s the stupid one? Either way, you could figure it out later.

Next thing you know, a shot gun is going off causing you to duck. Although, what’s one more gun shot wound, right? But that sounded close, surely he’s following you.

“Ooops, sorry! Just a slip of the finger! I promise I just wanna talk!” The drawl in his voice causes goosebumps to rise on your skin and it urges you to press forward.

You never did care much for the Sheriff, he creeped you out. It seems that once you turned eighteen, he had you in his sights. Always eyeing you up and down, licking his lips as he did so. Inappropriate comments that always made you uncomfortable. And of course, being Sheriff in a small town like this meant that he had all of the power and there was nothing you could do about it. Another shot is fired, pulling you from your thoughts and causing you to flinch with how close it was. The plan must be working.

“Come out, come out wherever you are!” You can hear the smugness in his voice and it makes you nauseous.

But he’s definitely following you, you can tell by the closeness in his voice. An unwanted thought pops into your head and it causes you to freeze in your tracks. What happens when he catches up to you? A slew of possibilities run through your mind all at once, each one seemingly worse than the one before. A shudder goes through your entire body and you do your best to push the thoughts away. You don’t have the time or the energy to think about that right now. You’re about to continue when a tisking sound fills your ears and all at once, your body turns ice cold. If anyone could look at you right now, they would probably think you saw a ghost with how undoubtedly white you look right now.

“Y/n, Y/n, Y/n. I’m very disappointed in you right now. I for sure thought Arvin was working alone.”

You don’t say anything in return, you physically can’t talk at the moment. Instead, you just listen to his slow footsteps come closer and to the crunching of the leaves and twigs under his heavy feet. The sound of him tutting again fills the dense air again and it causes you to cringe. You want to curl into yourself as you feel him eyeing you up and down, no doubt his gaze filled with lust. You’ve seen it in his eyes before. You cry out in pain as he presses a few of his fingers onto your wound. Through blurry eyes, you watch as he spreads the blood around between his fingers and it looks as though he’s inspecting it.

“Now Y/n, I thought you were a smart girl. Do you see now what happens when you hang out with the likes of Arvin Russell?” He spits to the ground after saying Arvin’s name. The Sheriff is in front of you now, mere inches from your face and you look away from him in disgust. All you can do is stand there as he breathes in your scent. ��Although, you do look pretty when you bleed.”

The way he says it has your skin crawling and not in a good way. The next thing you know, you’re backed into a tree and a grunt escapes your mouth as you make impact with it. You then hear a metal clanking sound and you realize he’s undoing his belt. It’s as if he was reading your mind because before you can commit the action, he’s giving you stern warning. Pressing into your wound as he does so.

“Scream and you’ll regret it.”

A few whimpers slip from our lips and he takes in a sick pleasure from that. The next few moments are a complete blur as you try to disassociate from what’s about to happen. But before anything can happen between you and the Sheriff, a gunshot rings through your ears. It takes a moment before the disorientation is lifted and you see the Sheriff’s thick body laying on the ground, blood spilling out of his head. You look over to see who your knight in shining armor was and it was none other than Arvin himself. He rushes over to you and gently wraps an arm around your waist.

“You were supposed to leave Arvin.” You breathe out, trying your best to be annoyed at him.

He can’t help but chuckle at your stubbornness and you end up doing the same. “Come on, you know I couldn’t leave my best friend behind.”

It was a big mistake to laugh because it instantly causes you to wince at the pain. “Don’t make me laugh, you prick.”

The two of you begin the journey out of the woods of Knockemstiff, leaving the Sheriff’s body behind. Honestly, you didn’t care what happened to his body, the earth could claim it for all you care. As the two of you walked, the air seemed to lighten around you and the sound of crickets filled the air, causing a peacefulness to consume you.

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