AU: Texas gothic

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- every year, the bluebonnets appear, almost overnight, every year thousands of people flock them. It bothers you that no-one really questions why. 

- "how can I help y'all?" the waitress asks, looking over your shoulder, you are the only one in the diner.

- you've been driving towards El Paso for hours, but you swear the scenery hasn't changed, out on the horizon, the turbines have stopped spinning. 

- "y'all come back now, y'hear?" the sign on the highway says, it's once bright paint faded and peeling, this is not a farewell. It's a warning.

- no-one really swims in the lakes, ask anyone why, and they'll mutter something about cleanliness or the fish, they won't meet your eyes.

- you haven't seen a cicada in years, but there rattling hiss taunts your every step on hot summer days, at least you hope it's just the cicadas.

- there are no basements in North Texas, despite the tornadoes, folks would rather face the wrath of the skies than what lies beneath the clay.

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