[ falco should've known better than to look, and watch. the air surrounding this memory had piqued the interest of something else, not him; and that is why he still holds his omni in his his hands and watches the little girl behind these eyes— whose voice sounded like peter. whose eyes were peter's, in the car's rearview mirror. falco's gut feels colder and colder, and his quiet terror escalates. the choking sound is infuriating and driving a car at the speed it escalates to is terrifying. like it could go wrong, any moment, that could get worse.
and there is nothing worse than the thing on the road that causes peter to react and makes the wheels shriek. falco flinches at the ugly sound that cracks through the wind blowing through the passenger's open window. he comes to a horrible conclusion when all he could hear and see was breathing, shock and teary vision through the screen.
the silence drinks it like water on a hot summer day. it wraps and twists itself around the boy's upset stomach and makes it works, makes the tears in his own eyes come hot. a door has been opened— and it seeps out, just a touch, feeling empowered while falco felt despair. he felt fear. he almost felt like every feeling, wailing or otherwise deathly quiet was too palpable. ]
peter ?
[ he couldn't handle it, no matter how many bodies he's seen on the battlefield. ]
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and there is nothing worse than the thing on the road that causes peter to react and makes the wheels shriek. falco flinches at the ugly sound that cracks through the wind blowing through the passenger's open window. he comes to a horrible conclusion when all he could hear and see was breathing, shock and teary vision through the screen.
the silence drinks it like water on a hot summer day. it wraps and twists itself around the boy's upset stomach and makes it works, makes the tears in his own eyes come hot. a door has been opened— and it seeps out, just a touch, feeling empowered while falco felt despair. he felt fear. he almost felt like every feeling, wailing or otherwise deathly quiet was too palpable. ]
peter ?
[ he couldn't handle it, no matter how many bodies he's seen on the battlefield. ]