ROOTLESSNESS  MIRRORED.    &    theforcetm.

              —— mutant raises eyebrow, mouth agape ever so slight: adopt. another moment passes by before she places an acrylic fingered hand on her hip. adopt. she knew that kaeden meant it as a joke but it still made her think. looking ( way ) down to the smaller mutant, she bends down on her knees to adjust herself to a better height to talk to the teen.   ❛ adopt you ? would that make me your momma or your sibling ? i’m too young to be a momma, kaed. ❜ she tells him, laugh leaving lips a bit too fast.   ❛ damn, that’s a tough decision kid, you think you can handle bein’ in the house with artemis ? he’s a little nitpicky. ❜

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ the  shattered  remnants  of  your  heart  (  take  one  for  a  dime,  a  dime!   —   it’s  more  than  he’s  worth!  )  vibrate  with  the  fervor  of  your  emotions  :  first  comes  a  wave  of  fear,  then  delight,  then  fear  again,  as  if  on  cue.  your  fingers  appear  akin  to  thin  branches  as  they  scratch  at  the  underside  of  your  jaw,  a  gesture  displaying  an  irked  kind  of  perplexity  :  one  you’ve  never  been  quite  capable  of  acknowledging.  ❛     i   —   i  didn’t …    i  didn’t  mean  it  like  t -  that.    ❜   hands  fall  numb,  tuck  themselves  between  your  knees.  you  want  to  trust  them,  yearn  to,  even  :  and  yet,  the  idea  of  putting  them  in  danger  wrings  your  soul  into  that  of  a  terrified  doe.  (  you  are  a  pitfall,  kid!  )  thumb  runs  over  the  knuckle  of  your  index  finger,  digs.  ❛      because  i  —     ❜    your  mouth  turns  itself  into  a  bloodstained  chapel,  a  box  stuffed  with  longing.   /   do  they  know  the  horror  stories?  the  phantom  pains  that  rake  over  your  being  each  time  you  merely  look  at  your  dirty  hands?   —   the  truth  deserts  you …  for  now.    ❛                   no,  no …  i  mean,  artemis  is  fine.  artemis  is  good.     ❜  

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