10-11-2021, 09:49 AM
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the residents in the town of ripmourne had settled into their homes for the night, the activity on the streets slowly grew scarce other than a few people lingering around and the moon took its place high in the sky. while most homes were quiet by the time night came around, the house at the end of the street had music blaring from a battery ran radio as if the people inside wanted to attract unnecessary attention towards it. if it hadn't been a normal occurrence it probably would have, but most people were use to the porter twins' uncle disturbance by now.
rosie had retired to her room hours before in hopes to be able to read a book she had found earlier in the week, but with all of the commotion happening downstairs it made it nearly impossible. the book was on resting on the bed by her legs as she picked at the skin around her fingernails, trying to muster up the courage to go downstairs. ever since their father had abandoned them, life seemed to be a living hell being under the same roof with their uncle. while she once had missed her father and wished he would return, as each day went by a growing resentment towards the man began to infect every inch of her. how could he leave them with someone like this? after their mom had passed away he promised to always protect them, did he really not love his children as much as he once said?
taking a deep breath, she quietly got to her feet and opened the door, wincing when she heard a glass bottle shatter against the ground. for a minute, she debated going back into her room and leaving the whole ordeal alone, unaware that she would soon wish she had listened to her gut feeling. with timid steps, she carefully made her way down the stairs that creaked with every step and for a minute the breath caught in her throat as she heard her uncle let out a stream of frustrated curses from the bottle he dropped. once she reached the living room, rosie stopped at the doorway and peered around the corner to catch a glance at him and tried to address the situation. before she had time to figure out how to approach things, he was already fully aware that she was there.
"what do you want?" she remained quiet, taking a step in the room now that her presence was known. "well? i asked you something."
"i just wanted to check on you..." she began, carefully trying to choose her words in hopes to not upset him. "it's getting late, maybe we should head to sleep." admitting to him that his loud antics were embarrassing was the last thing she would do, she knew better than try to tell him anything like that - he didn't care about what anyone in the town thought about him or the fact that the rest of the town might have started looking at his niece and nephew differently because of him. he wasn't like rosie who was always too painfully worried about what others thought, if it were anyone else she might have admired that about him, but with the town drunk as your uncle, it made her want to never leave the house.
"i'll go to sleep when i'm ready to." he pushed her suggestion to the side and reached over to turn the music up louder, opening another bottle before starting to reach down to clean up the pieces of the one he dropped.
"let me get that for you,"
"get out of here, i can do it myself." he snapped, pushing her backwards as she tried to approach him to help.
"you're drunk, just let-"
"i'm drunk? are you fucking-" as her uncle stood up straight after he picked up a piece and turned around towards her in a quick movement, he took notice on how she flinched away from him. "are you scared of me?" he scoffed at her, his shoulders relaxing as he raised the glass towards her. "am i scaring you right now, rosie?" an amused smile began to take over his face as he took a messy step towards her. "answer me!"
"yes..." her voice was barely above a whisper as she took a deep breath to try and keep herself calm, her feet frozen in place as he took another stumbling step towards her.
"aw, come on now, rosie posie. what do you have to be scared of, huh? i would never hurt you, you know that, right?" when she didn't respond to him, his smile turned into a frustrated frown and he leaned over to grab his beer to drink more. "you're going to hurt my feelings. i dropped everything to take care of you and levi, you can't even pay me back with an answer when i'm speaking to you?"
there was a brief moment of shared silence between the two of them as they held eye contact with one another. rosie was screaming at herself to run for the door, but it felt as if she had weights keeping her in place, allowing her to do nothing. for a brief second, her eyes made the move to look towards the glass he still had pointed towards her. when she looked up she felt her heart sink when she noticed that he saw. the next few seconds went in slow motion for her as he angrily closed the space between them, grabbing harshly onto her wrist to pull her closer towards him. rosie reached up and tried to block his hand from getting closer, the glass cutting her palm in the process.
"stop being so fucking difficult all the damn time, rosie!" he yelled at her, his breath reeking of the beer and cheap liquor they had in the house.
"please stop-" she tried pulling her wrist away and pushing herself away from him, but him being over a foot taller it barely made a difference. trying to do anything to get herself free, rosie managed to raise her arm up in attempts in trying to hit him, her nails scratching across his cheek in the process. "i'm sorry, i'm so sorry - please don't-"
"what the fuck!" he spat and went to slap her across the face with the hand he held the glass with. rosie let out a bone chilling screech as an overwhelming pain took over her right eye. she didn't realize what exactly had happened until he let go off her wrist, shoving her backwards into the wall as her hand flew up to hold where the glass had just cut her. "look what you made me do,"
his words began to drown out as rosie began to cry out in pain while clutching her face. the world around her began to grow out of focus, not realizing by that point that levi had rushed into the house at the sound of her screaming and had tackled their uncle to the ground. she was frozen in place as her body shook in sobs, bringing her knees up to her chest to try and make herself as small as possible in the room. she flinched away when she felt someone approach her, only relaxing once she heard levi speaking to her in a panicked tone. she couldn't bring herself to give him an answer as he picked her up into his arms and rushed out of the house to go and find help.
most nights, people ignored the noises coming from the house at the end of the street. however, tonight all eyes were on them as the twins made their exit.
the residents in the town of ripmourne had settled into their homes for the night, the activity on the streets slowly grew scarce other than a few people lingering around and the moon took its place high in the sky. while most homes were quiet by the time night came around, the house at the end of the street had music blaring from a battery ran radio as if the people inside wanted to attract unnecessary attention towards it. if it hadn't been a normal occurrence it probably would have, but most people were use to the porter twins' uncle disturbance by now.
rosie had retired to her room hours before in hopes to be able to read a book she had found earlier in the week, but with all of the commotion happening downstairs it made it nearly impossible. the book was on resting on the bed by her legs as she picked at the skin around her fingernails, trying to muster up the courage to go downstairs. ever since their father had abandoned them, life seemed to be a living hell being under the same roof with their uncle. while she once had missed her father and wished he would return, as each day went by a growing resentment towards the man began to infect every inch of her. how could he leave them with someone like this? after their mom had passed away he promised to always protect them, did he really not love his children as much as he once said?
taking a deep breath, she quietly got to her feet and opened the door, wincing when she heard a glass bottle shatter against the ground. for a minute, she debated going back into her room and leaving the whole ordeal alone, unaware that she would soon wish she had listened to her gut feeling. with timid steps, she carefully made her way down the stairs that creaked with every step and for a minute the breath caught in her throat as she heard her uncle let out a stream of frustrated curses from the bottle he dropped. once she reached the living room, rosie stopped at the doorway and peered around the corner to catch a glance at him and tried to address the situation. before she had time to figure out how to approach things, he was already fully aware that she was there.
"what do you want?" she remained quiet, taking a step in the room now that her presence was known. "well? i asked you something."
"i just wanted to check on you..." she began, carefully trying to choose her words in hopes to not upset him. "it's getting late, maybe we should head to sleep." admitting to him that his loud antics were embarrassing was the last thing she would do, she knew better than try to tell him anything like that - he didn't care about what anyone in the town thought about him or the fact that the rest of the town might have started looking at his niece and nephew differently because of him. he wasn't like rosie who was always too painfully worried about what others thought, if it were anyone else she might have admired that about him, but with the town drunk as your uncle, it made her want to never leave the house.
"i'll go to sleep when i'm ready to." he pushed her suggestion to the side and reached over to turn the music up louder, opening another bottle before starting to reach down to clean up the pieces of the one he dropped.
"let me get that for you,"
"get out of here, i can do it myself." he snapped, pushing her backwards as she tried to approach him to help.
"you're drunk, just let-"
"i'm drunk? are you fucking-" as her uncle stood up straight after he picked up a piece and turned around towards her in a quick movement, he took notice on how she flinched away from him. "are you scared of me?" he scoffed at her, his shoulders relaxing as he raised the glass towards her. "am i scaring you right now, rosie?" an amused smile began to take over his face as he took a messy step towards her. "answer me!"
"yes..." her voice was barely above a whisper as she took a deep breath to try and keep herself calm, her feet frozen in place as he took another stumbling step towards her.
"aw, come on now, rosie posie. what do you have to be scared of, huh? i would never hurt you, you know that, right?" when she didn't respond to him, his smile turned into a frustrated frown and he leaned over to grab his beer to drink more. "you're going to hurt my feelings. i dropped everything to take care of you and levi, you can't even pay me back with an answer when i'm speaking to you?"
there was a brief moment of shared silence between the two of them as they held eye contact with one another. rosie was screaming at herself to run for the door, but it felt as if she had weights keeping her in place, allowing her to do nothing. for a brief second, her eyes made the move to look towards the glass he still had pointed towards her. when she looked up she felt her heart sink when she noticed that he saw. the next few seconds went in slow motion for her as he angrily closed the space between them, grabbing harshly onto her wrist to pull her closer towards him. rosie reached up and tried to block his hand from getting closer, the glass cutting her palm in the process.
"stop being so fucking difficult all the damn time, rosie!" he yelled at her, his breath reeking of the beer and cheap liquor they had in the house.
"please stop-" she tried pulling her wrist away and pushing herself away from him, but him being over a foot taller it barely made a difference. trying to do anything to get herself free, rosie managed to raise her arm up in attempts in trying to hit him, her nails scratching across his cheek in the process. "i'm sorry, i'm so sorry - please don't-"
"what the fuck!" he spat and went to slap her across the face with the hand he held the glass with. rosie let out a bone chilling screech as an overwhelming pain took over her right eye. she didn't realize what exactly had happened until he let go off her wrist, shoving her backwards into the wall as her hand flew up to hold where the glass had just cut her. "look what you made me do,"
his words began to drown out as rosie began to cry out in pain while clutching her face. the world around her began to grow out of focus, not realizing by that point that levi had rushed into the house at the sound of her screaming and had tackled their uncle to the ground. she was frozen in place as her body shook in sobs, bringing her knees up to her chest to try and make herself as small as possible in the room. she flinched away when she felt someone approach her, only relaxing once she heard levi speaking to her in a panicked tone. she couldn't bring herself to give him an answer as he picked her up into his arms and rushed out of the house to go and find help.
most nights, people ignored the noises coming from the house at the end of the street. however, tonight all eyes were on them as the twins made their exit.
[align=center][div style="0px; width:450px; height:auto; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; line-height:13px;"]and when i find that a knife's sticking out of my side
i’ll pull it out without questioning why. — info
i’ll pull it out without questioning why. — info