she presses her back against an ancient tree
and waits to die
the solid bark at her back gives her some measure of peace
the idea that
that tree had been there long before her
and after she was gone
it would still stand
proud and tall
a stick snaps
and with it her newfound courage
brittle already
and she finds herself trembling
she hears a footstep
then another
and she fixes her eyes on the stars in till she knows he is right in front of her
there is fresh wet blood dripping from his hands
this man before her is different
so different
and so lost
and she would save him if she could
but for her
for her it is impossible
to reconcile what this man
this monster
has done
and there it is
that hopeless collision of two worlds fracturing behind her eyelids
those hands
hands that had held her in her darkest moments pulled her back from the ledge in her mind again and again
hands that had killed
and killed
and killed
fucking children
how could she live with it?
him
herself
was she complicit?
don't think don't think please don't think that i can't FACE it-
but this might be her end
so she looks him in the eye
there are no tears
no regret
i'm not sorry
she whispers
he takes another step and she sees the knife in his hand
already red
his expression is curiously dead
but in the depths of his eyes
she sees a tremor
a remenent of the man she knew
but did she?
and she breaks like a dam swollen with spring rains
and rises to face him
please
something changes in his eyes
and the knife falls
a/n
don't kill me, it's not the end
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a writer and a serial killer ✔
RomanceA writer searching for belonging and a serial killer in the midst of a murder spree collide under the most unlikely circumstances. Now they must face their demons or face their own destruction. ©2018 squishylilyoongi