mary had a little lamb
its heart was black as coal
Karlia knelt before the door, leaning her shoulder against it as she softly fussed with the woodgrain. Her fingers gently traced boot marks from where the door had been casually kicked open so, so many times.
"No, not dawn yet, but this year is different little brother. There is so much more room with the barrier down. It's why I'm still okay out here. Cold, but okay. You must have noticed by now? Or at least Ella would have, even if you and Vaya have spent the entire time sleeping and eating."
She paused, breathing out a small puff of air that might have been a laugh.
"No monsters, right? No pounding on the windows or doors?"
"No, not dawn yet, but this year is different little brother. There is so much more room with the barrier down. It's why I'm still okay out here. Cold, but okay. You must have noticed by now? Or at least Ella would have, even if you and Vaya have spent the entire time sleeping and eating."
She paused, breathing out a small puff of air that might have been a laugh.
"No monsters, right? No pounding on the windows or doors?"
it crept into her room one night
and ate her fucking soul
LONGNiGht
