You'll be my detonator...

[madesomenoise]

She dreams she's in the Zones. The Witch is nowhere to be seen, but Cherri's body is there, sprawled lifeless on the sand. She feels an ache for him, tucked between her ribs. He'd been so kind to her in the few hours they'd spent together, close together. She'd started to wonder if that kindness was what love really felt like.

Cherri's isn't the only body. All of her family are there: Poison with a scorch mark under his jaw, Kid with his arms outstretched for his brother, Jet with his hair all crazy across his face and Ghoul with blank, unseeing eyes, his gun still in his hand.

And then they come for her. They talk hold of her, rough handed, and there's an exterminator with her father's face. He looks her in the eye.

"Say hi to your mommy for me," he says. And then he pulls the hood down over her eyes.

The world goes dark, goes grey and lightless, and Girl sees terrible things, horrible things. Help me, she thinks. Help me, help me, help me

She had a name, but she can't remember what it was.
In the mask, she screams.

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[boywhoflew]

Carson would have gladly and quickly kicked Poison out, but it wasn't his call. It was Dee's room and her fucked up night, so instead he just tipped his head to rest it against her's. Whether she wanted him there or even if she wanted him to leave so she could have a night with her dad, he figured the only supportive motion was to just go with whatever she wanted. Even if surrendering the reigns to any situation still felt bizarre and more than a little uncomfortable.

"We can definitely sleep," he said, considering they had all had kind of gotten a rude awakening. And he still had class the next day. Shit. "But if you need your dad I can deal with that." Mostly.

[madesomenoise]

"I'm okay," says Dee, nodding, and then she leans away from Carson for a moment to press a kiss to Poison's slightly stubbled jaw. "Seriously. I'm fine. Go back to bed."