[ what's the cost of freedom? for june, it's death - throats cut, shots fired, bombed detonated. death to so many, each life buying him an hour here, a day there, a massacre gaining him freedom for a good week before gloriana calls him back into her cold embrace.
living as a weapon for a woman who's long lost touch with her humanity was never meant to be easy, but june feels like it's been a particularly steep climb for him. it can't be anything but that, with the special attention she gives him every time.
don't stray too far from the coop, junebug, he's reminded every time he takes his leave.
[ four hours doesn't sound like much, but ki-tae knows how rare it is. it makes him worry at the soft flesh of the inside of his cheek, tap his finger against the side of his phone. it doesn't do anything to alleviate any of the concern, though, if only because he knows lulls usually lead to incidents — that is, after all, how life always seems to go. ]
i've been napping, so i've been okay.
[ the less rest he gets, the better. once exhaustion catches up, it hits him hard enough that none of the nightmares matter anymore. it's why he spends so much time in the store, sitting on the floor organizing the books while the rest of the neighborhood sleeps.
it isn't so bad when june is there, but that's an entirely different level of codependency ki-tae doesn't want to reach for. ]
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[ what's the cost of freedom? for june, it's death - throats cut, shots fired, bombed detonated. death to so many, each life buying him an hour here, a day there, a massacre gaining him freedom for a good week before gloriana calls him back into her cold embrace.
living as a weapon for a woman who's long lost touch with her humanity was never meant to be easy, but june feels like it's been a particularly steep climb for him. it can't be anything but that, with the special attention she gives him every time.
don't stray too far from the coop, junebug, he's reminded every time he takes his leave.
don't fall in love where we can't see. ]
what about you, though? have you been resting?
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i've been napping, so i've been okay.
[ the less rest he gets, the better. once exhaustion catches up, it hits him hard enough that none of the nightmares matter anymore. it's why he spends so much time in the store, sitting on the floor organizing the books while the rest of the neighborhood sleeps.
it isn't so bad when june is there, but that's an entirely different level of codependency ki-tae doesn't want to reach for. ]