PSL / MEME CONTINUATION

[abandonhumanity]

I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine
and rage the likes of which you would not believe.
If I cannot satisfy the one,
I will indulge the other.

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[headhooligan]

[An old instinct: That’s my job.]

[Silence, instead.]

[She lets it stay quiet for a few agonizing seconds more. The next words are a mumble—] Be right back. [—followed shortly by (if Eren’s listening closely; not that there’s much other sound) the vehicle pulling to a stop, Aubrey getting out, and slamming the door.]

[It’s less than ten minutes, if even that. More important things to do than indulge a buzzing, fluorescent light with the full extent of The Agonies.]

You’re coming back with me.

[She sounds exhausted.]

[abandonhumanity]

Huh? [It's a startled sound. He really did fall asleep that time. Groggy and slow, his brain tries to put together what exactly she's trying to say. Going back with her?]

Back where? What?

[headhooligan]

Jesus. [The car has not started yet.]

Away from there.

[abandonhumanity]

[...

[Aubrey wants to take him with her? Back home, or?

[He can do that. He can definitely do that. He's been on a bender the last two days, sure, but he'll just enjoy this high and then let it go. Easy. For Aubrey? Easy. If it means getting to be with her? Done.]

Okay. [He can't keep the smile out of his voice. This is a whole new brand of euphoria.] I like that. Yeah.

[headhooligan]

[There. He sounds better now. Wasn’t that easy?]

[The car has not started yet.]

[Aubrey swallows, again. Her throat still burns.]

Okay. [She shuts her eyes.] We’ll do that.

Are… you alone?

BASTARDIZING THE ICON

[abandonhumanity]

[He doesn't answer her question - he's thinking of something else.]

I love you. [His voice is uncharacteristically warm. He doesn't sound unlike a cat purring, his voice breaking off into the groan of a stretch.]

😔

[headhooligan]

[Some putrid blend of instinct and guilt has her answering:] L-love you, too.

[The car is not going to start for a little while. Aubrey folds her arms on the wheel and droops.]

I’ll… be there, soon....

[abandonhumanity]

Yeah...

I wanna see you...Get here fast, okay?

[headhooligan]

I will.

I will.

[abandonhumanity]

Are you crying...?

[He can't tell...It doesn't sound like the car is running.]

[headhooligan]

[It’s quiet for a while. Which is an answer, if he stays awake with it.]

[But the keys turn anyway.]

Like I said… be there soon.

[It’s going to be a long three hours.]

[abandonhumanity]

I'll wait up for you. [He sounds half-asleep already.] Okay, Bow?

[headhooligan]

[She (more-than-)half expects to find him passed out on a sidewalk.]

[A long, measured sigh.

[And then the drive resumes.]

Okay.