_{KILL,    KILL,    KILL    !!}

                  _{it  was  all  that  was  going  through  sara’s  head  when  she  saw  one  of  darhk’s  thugs  make  a  GRAB  for  lily,    &&    suddenly  she  was  seeing  R E D.    she  had  leapt  at  him    &&    tackled  him  to  the  floor,    hitting  him    &&    punching  him  with  a  carnal  growl.    even  after  she  KNEW  he  was  unconscious,    she  couldn’t  S T O P,    she  didn’t  want  to  stop.    bruises    &&    blood  coat  her  hands  as  she  keeps  punching    &&    punching,    finally  grabbing  him  by  the  head    &&    S L A M M I N G  it  down  onto  the  concrete  underneath  them.    he  was  dead,    yet  she  kept  punching.    KILL,    KILL,    KILL    !!}

                  _{❝    sara    !!    ❞}

                  _{it’s  like  she’s  broken  out  of  her  TRANCE  at  the  sound  of  lily’s  voice    &&    she  stops,    a  fist  D R I P P I N G  with  crimson  still  held  above  her  head  before  she  turns  to  look  at  the  horrified  younger  stein.    she  just  witnessed  a  M O N S T E R.    she  witnessed  sara.}

                  _{NO,    NO,    NO    !!}

                  _{❝    i’m  so  sorry.    ❞}

     ^{THE  MAN  INHERITED  A  KOHL  TOUCH:   dissolving   /   atrophy   /   burning  to  the  touch  of  clothed  skin,   barely  touching  and  finding  an  abode  'gainst  her  bicep  before  he’s  TORN  AWAY.   a  gasp  is  taken  from  the  lining  of  a  CLENCHED  THROAT,   barbed  wire  and  closed.   heels  click  with  every  step  taken,   eyes:   wide  and  unblinking   /   riddled  with  SHOCK  and  DISMAY.     (   what  lies  beneath  the  surface  of  the  woman  you  love  has  come  out  to  play:   the  monster  nestled  inside  of  sara’s  ribs  and  CLAWED  ITS  WAY  to  the  surface.   what’ll  get  you  killed  first?   your  curiosity,   stubbornness  or  her?   answer:   it’ll  be  all  three.   )}

^{the  name  BARELY  drops  into  the  open  air:   falling  off  her  tongue,   struggled  and  broken  out.     ❛     sara     —–     ❜     the  algor  of  a  name,   foreign  feeling  as  it’s  repeated.   ERUBESCENT  drenched  palms  catches  inside  of  eynes:   LACHRYMOSE  prickling  corners,   tear  streaks  down  amaranth  flushed  cheeks  and  it  falls,   falls,   falls   //   an  everlasting  WATERFALL  of  brine  droplets.     ❛     you     —-     you     —-     ❜     an  arm  wraps  around  her  stomach,   a  choked  out  sob.     ❛     you     —     just   …   KILLED  him.     ❜}

        ^{･ﾟ✧   islanddeath   |   from  here.}

ANOINTING THYSELF BIG BROTHER || CLOSED

                 The INSTINCT isn’t all that clear , especially not from the beginning & & he doesn’t actually remember deciding on it . But he sort of recognizes it for a variation of something he’s felt before — the need to PROTECT immediate from the moment he met her , wide eyes full of a never-ending erudite thirst just like himself , wonder in every breath expelled at the _mysteries & & ^discoveries of the world & & the universe around her just like her father . Across from him , identical coffee cup in delicate stature placed on polished wood between them , sits Lily Stein ( the time aberration that wasn’t actually an aberration , not in the usual sense anyway . A whole existence , blood & & bone , mind & & heart , thoughts & & actions , sprung into being because of a well-meaning toe dipped into the proverbial waters of TIME’s sea , flexible & & dynamic & & ever-malleable , to both good & & bad ends ) .

He can’t deny that he’s FASCINATED , just because of HOW she’s come to be , but also on a more normal level , because of who she is . It’s rare when he can find someone that matches him synapse for synapse , burgeoning intellect allowing for the rapid fire of curiosity bounced off each other like sounding boards . It’s even rarer when that someone is relatively close to him in age ( closer than her father , anyway ) . He can’t quite explain the feeling of kinship experienced when they get talking like they do now , vocabulary he would never employ & & ideas he would never express around the team for fear of harsh judgement . She never seems to mind when his mouth runs off before him in different , unintended directions , steering the course of their conversation into uncharted & & rough waters yet to be explored ( in fact , she takes an oar & & steers along right with him , unfazed & & even perhaps a little excited ) . At least , he finds the words for it as he muses , watching her face alight upon enthusiasm’s stage , breathless explanation making corners of his mouth turn upwards into fond smile : PRECIOUS , she’s someone precious , not only as a daughter but as an entire singular person — unique & & breathtaking , he can’t not want to preserve the beauty of such a youthful soul . ( yeah , he MUST be big brother . it’s the least he can do , after everything that had happened during her short stay on the W A V E R I D E R ) .

                              Interrupting her rambling sentence , he attempts to summarize this feeling into words . ❝ It’s really GOOD to see you , Lily . ❞

       ^{SHE’S  A  CREATURE  OF  CURIOSITY:   inhaling  the  air  and  exhaling  star  dust  from  the  space  of  confined  lungs  and  a  worried  throat.   a  pyre  laid  out  for  a  SERAPHIC  HEART  that  decorated  itself  behind  ivory  ribs,   saccharine  raptures  itself  in  the  kindest  of  homes:   underneath  springtide  revived  veins  that  grows  FLOWERS.     (   and  there’s  something  about  raymond:   maybe  his  intelligent   /   caring  nature  that’s  magnanimous  within  the  golden  ichor  trailing  underneath  his  veins,   the  kindness  that  you  manage  to  keep  LOCKED  inside  of  your  heart,   but  over  the  legends?   you  PREFER  him.   )}

^{an  inhumed  of  alabaster  entropy,   MIND  FREE  AND  WILD   //   the  pair:   kin  of  acumen,   homogenous.   there’s  a  smile  of  roseate  lips  spread  across  cheekbones  that  are  FLUSHED  with  an  amaranth  tint,   rows  of  ivory  displayed  without  a  CARE  while  she  rambles  on,   and  on,   and  on.   SACCHARINITY  stained  washed  o'er  them:   a  halcyon  hosanna  draped  in  ianthine  and  delivered.   her  sentence  is  cut  short     (   and  yet,   you  DON’T  MIND,   do  you?   not  when  he  voiced  a  warmth  admire  of  your  existence   ).     ❛     it’s  so  good  to  see  you  too,   ray!     ❜     top  teeth  dig  unto  bottom  lip,     ❛     admittedly  i  was  getting  a  LITTLE  BORED  back  in  central  city.   not  as  much  fancy  tech  over  there  than  on  the  waverider     —-     plus,   it’s  lacking  you!   speaking  of  which!   did  you  guys  go  on  any  FUN  ADVENTURES  in  your  time  away?     ❜}

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