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utopiian:
𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽: a camping spot . the same one he’s gone to for years .
𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂: closed for @lupus-infabula .
( * ── 𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 has passed since he drifted away , finnegan still cares for the one who once made their heart skip a beat . the one whose habits they still remember , the one who first pressed his lips against their own . the one who became a ghost among the living , who embraced silence and distance , who taught her both love and heartbreak ── still , she cares . enough to pack some food to last him a couple days and gift him her own water bottle , all stuffed within whatever supermarket bag they could find ── dressed in dark clothes , they make their way across the expanse of hollow falls park under the night sky until they reach the place where they know he resides on the weekends . after all , he’s been doing the same thing since he was thirteen . a tent is tapped from the outside in their version of a knock , the bag clutched tightly within their grasp , and a heart beats faster within their chest ── expectation builds , nerves grow .
he was at a loss for words. after all, what was appropriate to say to someone he shared so many firsts with ? it use to be so easy, but in the years that passed, trying to talk to them was like trying to breathe underwater. he was someone that held memories close, someone that was notoriously afraid of forgetting. with finnegan standing in front of his tent, he caught himself wishing some memories could be erased, namely the way he could tell that her shoulders were tense and how he already knew the look on her face despite standing behind her, all from memory. with nerves elevating, he gripped the fishing line in his hand tightly as he briefly considered walking away, but they deserved better and he knew it. they always had. he racked his brain for words worthy of their presence. “ behind you. “ was what he finally decided on with eyes falling to the bag of supplies in her hand. he carefully walked past them to the tent and retrieved the bag of supplies she had left him the last time, holding it up to her. “ you can take that one and the one from last time when you go. your faction needs them more than i do. “