Everest
If Ever hears Mateo nothing about his expression suggests that he does. Instead he's staring blankly at the intersection the way Danny stared at the elevator doors in The Shining, when they open to reveal a ridiculous amount of blood pouring out.
Slowly Ever looks down at his hands, which are trembling quite badly. He sees blood on them, both fresh and dried, and hears the final words that the now-dead woman had spoken to him as she laying dying in his arms. "I did everything I could." He whispers to his splayed fingers while his knees consider buckling. "I did." Tears form in the corners of his eyes and immediately fall onto his cheeks.
"I'm so sorry—" The words are hardly out of his mouth before he tears his gaze away his hands and begins to walk blindly into traffic.
Slowly Ever looks down at his hands, which are trembling quite badly. He sees blood on them, both fresh and dried, and hears the final words that the now-dead woman had spoken to him as she laying dying in his arms. "I did everything I could." He whispers to his splayed fingers while his knees consider buckling. "I did." Tears form in the corners of his eyes and immediately fall onto his cheeks.
"I'm so sorry—" The words are hardly out of his mouth before he tears his gaze away his hands and begins to walk blindly into traffic.
even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
