Holly's phone number will get her a busy signal, but Holly is at home - standing in the kitchen, leaning on the counter, chatting on the phone with Karon.
Selina comes in through the window, as she does when she's in a hurry or being sneaky or pretty much any old time she feels like it. "Holly?" Oh please let her be here.
Please.
Coming into the kitchen area, there is a profound sense of relief as she sees the younger woman but... the dread doesn't go away as she closes the distance between them.
"I know." At this point the response is almost conditioned.
"You're still here." Selina lets out a breath slowly, calming down just a bit. "Everyone has been ... fading away." She closes the distance between herself and the younger woman, hesitant to reach out and attempt to touch her.
Leaning against the wall, Selina presses her forehead against it, feeling the texture of the wall, the paint over a not quite level surface. Holding her tears back, she holds onto the wall, part of her expecting it to fade and vanish from beneath her fingers as well.
Is anyone safe? Should she just stay away from everyone? Why isn't she fading away?
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Please.
Coming into the kitchen area, there is a profound sense of relief as she sees the younger woman but... the dread doesn't go away as she closes the distance between them.
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Then her expression becomes concerned.
"Selina? What's wrong?"
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"You're still here." Selina lets out a breath slowly, calming down just a bit. "Everyone has been ... fading away." She closes the distance between herself and the younger woman, hesitant to reach out and attempt to touch her.
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"What do you mean..."
But even as she says it, she's begun to fade herself, getting fainter as Selina draws closer. She looks down at her hands, then back up at her friend.
"Selina?"
And then she's gone.
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Leaning against the wall, Selina presses her forehead against it, feeling the texture of the wall, the paint over a not quite level surface. Holding her tears back, she holds onto the wall, part of her expecting it to fade and vanish from beneath her fingers as well.
Is anyone safe? Should she just stay away from everyone? Why isn't she fading away?
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