like killing cops and reading kerouac
Dated October 1, 2011:
Why was it so easy to doubt him? If anything, that seemed to be the question that Sookie found herself circling around, time and time again. There were a million ways in which she could interpret the situation negatively. A stalker, a man who had just been there to use her, a man driven by obsession. A vampire. But she could easily find a million ways to defend Bill if she wanted, some of the very suggestions that Mitchell made at the end. So why was it easier to doubt? Sookie felt her chest tighten as she ran through it again, the old and worn newspaper clippings, not mere photocopies, but instead the original articles themselves, cut with care. The Rattrays' contact information, not only an address, but a phone number as well. Why? What was the point of it? Why dwell, why care, why try to imagine without Bill there to confirm or deny any of it?
Why did the island seem so intent on drudging everything up again in a place where she could act on none of it?
The island gives Sookie a little slice of home. Unfortunately, it's not the one she wanted.
[ HERE | Complete | PG-13]
Dated October 15, 2011:
He was getting really, truly sick of this and in short order. For weeks, months he had been trying to keep himself in check, to make sure that his dark little secret didn't leak out and destroy the happy little lives they had all built for themselves here. For himself as much as anyone, but now that he stood here, feeling the weight of Sookie's look, the changes in his behavior listed out like guilty burdens he was supposed to carry, Mitchell had to wonder if this really was doing him any favors. He had enough guilt to contend with, to make amends for, to wrestle with without Sookie adding more to it.
He knew full well what he was and what that meant.
A dark little secret, revealed, drives a wedge between Mitchell and Sookie, and only threatens to spread further in the family.
[ HERE | Complete | PG-13]
Why was it so easy to doubt him? If anything, that seemed to be the question that Sookie found herself circling around, time and time again. There were a million ways in which she could interpret the situation negatively. A stalker, a man who had just been there to use her, a man driven by obsession. A vampire. But she could easily find a million ways to defend Bill if she wanted, some of the very suggestions that Mitchell made at the end. So why was it easier to doubt? Sookie felt her chest tighten as she ran through it again, the old and worn newspaper clippings, not mere photocopies, but instead the original articles themselves, cut with care. The Rattrays' contact information, not only an address, but a phone number as well. Why? What was the point of it? Why dwell, why care, why try to imagine without Bill there to confirm or deny any of it?
Why did the island seem so intent on drudging everything up again in a place where she could act on none of it?
The island gives Sookie a little slice of home. Unfortunately, it's not the one she wanted.
[ HERE | Complete | PG-13]
Dated October 15, 2011:
He was getting really, truly sick of this and in short order. For weeks, months he had been trying to keep himself in check, to make sure that his dark little secret didn't leak out and destroy the happy little lives they had all built for themselves here. For himself as much as anyone, but now that he stood here, feeling the weight of Sookie's look, the changes in his behavior listed out like guilty burdens he was supposed to carry, Mitchell had to wonder if this really was doing him any favors. He had enough guilt to contend with, to make amends for, to wrestle with without Sookie adding more to it.
He knew full well what he was and what that meant.
A dark little secret, revealed, drives a wedge between Mitchell and Sookie, and only threatens to spread further in the family.
[ HERE | Complete | PG-13]