#tw implied self harm
“Where did you go?” Alex whispered, flashlight in hand as he leafed through papers on the desk. People didn’t just disappear without warning. Alex frowned, unfolding a map of the city. They were hard to find, Alex knew, he preferred paper maps over Google. The boy looked around, clicking the light off for a moment, waiting to see if any red lights came out from the background before sitting down. Dots lined the map, too numerous to count or guess what they could have been. A telephone was drawn over city hall and the office his mom worked at. Something crunched outside.
“Fuck. Fuck.” He whispered, grabbing another map, paying no mind to the papers that stuck to it as he booked it out of his friend’s house. Justin’s mom was at the side-door, and he didn’t like what she had in her hands.
Even if people didn’t just disappear, that didn’t mean you could find them. Any hope he had about Justin had long faded, replaced with the unfortunate theory that his family killed him. “No evil ever came from a woman’s womb that wasn’t placed there first by a man.’ Sighed, Pareto. Alex ran his fingers over the signed words. Just another clue he couldn’t figure out. A book with a wealth of information that just told him things he already knew because he could listen to the whispers! It didn’t tell him what to do. . . .
Alex had ran away. He couldn’t trust people in that town, so he left. And now, he needed to see if they put him on the schedule this week, or if he needed to hit up the gas station to make his rent- “Hey!” Alex bit his lip as a set of fingernails sank deep enough into his upper arms to make him see stars. They couldn’t have known. It was fine. It actually calmed him down.
“What’s the big idea here?”
Whumptober Masterlist
We did it! Another year, another whumptober complete! It’s totally flown by, andwe managed to do it without either of us ending up in the hospital (a definite win, by our standards). See under the cut for the full list of prompts and links to each post :)
No. 1 - All Trussed Up And Still Nowhere To Go(Wolves)
No. 2 - Talking Is Overrated(Brothers)
No. 3 - Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones But…(Wolves)
No. 4 - Trust Fall(Medieval)
No. 5 - I’ve Got Red In My Ledger (Brothers)
No. 6 - Touch and Go (Brothers)
No. 7 - My Spidey Sense Is Tingling(Brothers)
No. 8 - Coughing Up A Lung (Fao x Hars?)
No. 9 - Rumours Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated(Crime)
No. 10 - Oops, I Did It Again (Fao x Hars)
No. 11 - Just Keep Swimming(Brothers)
No. 12 - Anxiety (Alt. 15) (Brothers)
No. 13 - That’s Gonna Leave A Mark(Crime)
No. 14 - Under Pressure (Hars)
No. 15 - Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever(Brothers)
No. 16 - On A Need to Know Basis (Fao x Hars)
No. 17 - Field Care 101 (Hars)
No. 18 - The Doctor Is In(Brothers)
No. 19 - Just A Scratch (Brothers)
No. 20 - Lost & Found(Brothers)
No. 21 - That’s Where The Blood’s Supposed To Be (Brothers)
No. 22 - Regret (Alt 12)(Brothers)
No. 23 - Near Death Experience (Alt 11)(Wolves)
No. 24 - One Down, One To Go(Brothers)
No. 25 - Hide & Seek(Fao)
No. 26 - Comfort (Alt 8) (Fao x Hars)
No. 27 - I’m Fine I Prom…(Brothers)
No. 28 - It’s Not Just In Your Head(Brothers)
No. 29 - All Work And No Play (Brothers)
No. 30 - Digging Your Grave(Brothers)
No. 31 - Hurt & Comfort(Brothers)
