seth. ❜

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          IT TOOK EVERYTHING IN HIM    not to throw the closest thing against the furthest wall. that’s all he could do to try & calm his nerves — to try and ease away his anger at the countless amount of times that they’ve gotten on each other’s nerves. screaming matches that turned into crying fests that only ended in him nearly overdosing with his    OWN VENOM    ( according to her words ). it was something that he needed to cope with the rest of his days; failing over & over with his horrible jobs. and he felt like a goddamn failure and surely he could only imagine his father agreeing within the depths of his mind. he was a ‘ piece of shit & good for nothing excuse of a fucking criminal ‘.

          and he could only imagine, she’d feel the same way about him but she was a forgiving character. that’s how she was. she may had fallen from grace or followed him into his    dark ways    but he knew she didn’t deserve to follow him around or deal with his shit. she deserved to be back home, living the rest of her life like a normal teenager. not hiding behind locked motel doors because the cops were looking for    HIM.    and it seemed as if no matter how many times he told her this, she still fucking pushed the idea away. how blind could she be   ??   how    STUBBORN    could she be   ?? 

          but her words caught him in a dead end; giving him no other choice but to face what was handed to him. to accept the fact that .. she wasn’t going anywhere. she was practically here to stay .. by his side whether he wanted her to or not. but he could dare keep her    HOSTAGE    another day —— it left an ache in his bones, knowing day in & day out she was sacrificing her    TEEN YEARS    .. and her possibility of living a    SAFE LIFE    to be with him ?

          ❛    KATE,    h-how    NAIVE    can you be   ?    ❜     calling her that — the little names made his skin crawl but he needed to get through to her that he was no good for her.    ❛    you had an    OPPORTUNITY    to leave. to go back home and you decided to stick around and    FOLLOW    a criminal,    KATE.    you’re following a    CRIMINAL    around mexico. we’re both   lost.   we    BOTH    don’t know what the fuck we’re doing and now you’re telling me this   ? after the hundreds of time where we’ve nearly gotten caught by the    COPS    .. you’re telling me i make you feel    SAFE    ?    ❜    he was pushing away every feeling that came to the surface & in the worst way.. he was trying to push her away. the one & only person that made him feel .. sane ?

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             she   HATED   when  he  did  that.  he  brushed  off  everything  she  said  and  used  the  excuse  that  she  was  being  naive.  that  was   STILL   how  he  looked  at  her.  a  child  that  didn’t  know  any  better.  a  teenager  that  thought  this  was  some  kind  of  game.  she  was   MORE  THAN  THAT.   while  other  girls  her  age  were  worrying  about  homecoming  and  prom ,   kate  was  fighting  to  survive  —  to  keep  him  away  from  the  cops.  and  praying  every  day  that  he  didn’t  kill  himself  with  his   NASTY   drug  habit.  she  had  been  forced  to  grow  up  a  lot  faster  than  most.

             ❝   ———   and   how   NAIVE   are   you ?   ❞   she  knew  she  was  toeing  that  line  again.  fighting  back   &   challenging  him  never  went  well  in  that  moment.  it  was  when  things  had  calmed  down ,   that  she  noticed  the  change  in  the  way  he  looked  at  her ;   like  he  was  proud  of  her  sharp  tongue   &   ever  growing  wit.   ❝   go   home   to   what ,   seth ?   a-an   empty   house ?   make  up   some   story   about   why   my   dad   and   brother   didn’t   come   home   with   me ?   y-you   make   it   sound   like   i   could’ve   just…   picked   up   where   i   left   off !   ❞   

             there  it  was ,   she  recoiled  into  herself.  arms  folded  across  her  chest  just  as  her  gaze  dipped  away  from  his.  it  wasn’t  like  kate  was  a  stranger  to  fighting  with  him.  the  last   THREE  MONTHS   had  been  filled  with  fight  after  fight.  they  were  both  too  stubborn.  they  disagreed  more  often  than  not.  but ,   at  the  end  of  the  day..  he  did  make  her  feel  safe.  she  wasn’t  going  to  let  this  conversation  completely  change  course  so  he  could  ignore  that.   ❝   yeah.   and   h-how   many   times   have   you   protected   me ?   you   ALWAYS   put   yourself   in   the   line   of   fire   a-and   act   like   it’s   nothing.   it’s   not   nothing ;   not   to   me.   ———   i   don’t   know   if   we’re   ever   gonna   get   out   of   here   but..   at   least   i   know   i’m   not   alone.   i-i   know   that   if   things   don’t   go   as   planned ,   you’re   gonna   look   out   for   me.   because   that’s   what   we   do.   we   take   care   of   each   other.   ❞ 

 
  1. faithguided-archive posted this

well that girl


stand      up,     warrior.
you are not yet finished.
b e a t e n you may be, but broken? angels  have  fallen  from greater     heights      and
s  u r v i v  e  d.
so why  shouldn’t  you  ?

is long gone.


independent & highly selective kate fuller.

EST: SEPT. 9, 2016.
as told by lizz.