canary song.
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The opposite end of the blinds dipped as Staci Pratt peeked out at the parking lot. His face screwed up with confusion, head tilting to the side like things made more sense from that angle. “You sure that’s the new guy?” Staci glanced at her from the corner of his eye, only to spot Hudson rolling hers in response.
“He’s wearing the uniform, dumbass. What, you think he’s wearin’ a Halloween costume mid-July?”
“No, jackass. It’s just.. well, he looks like my gramps.”Series
- Part 1 of canary song.
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The words choke out. “After everything I’ve given you! My devotion. My time. My—”
He cuts himself off, breathing ragged.
“Please,” John whispers, and the word sounds foreign in his mouth, keening, the taste bitter.
The radio remains silent.Series
- Part 2 of canary song.
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John was pacing when he said it.
Not casually. Not like a joke. He said it the way he recited scripture, reverent, hungry, already half-lost in the vision he was painting, blue eyes glazed over with the rapture of it.
“I could carve it into you,” he murmured over the radio, voice low and trembling at the edges. “My name. Not deep! Just.. enough. A reminder. Of you being something that belongs to me.”
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- Part 3 of canary song.