Waking Was Strange. A Sensation Reminiscent Of Emerging From Murky Waters, His Vision Slowly Shifting
Waking was strange. A sensation reminiscent of emerging from murky waters, his vision slowly shifting from darkness, to blurry muddled shapes. His hearing, already beaten over the years, was muffled for a moment. Made it impossible to pinpoint the distant footsteps until they were right by his ear – his good ear, like the person knew his left one worked better.
Their voice, achingly familiar, pulled Joel upwards out of the murky waters his body had been trapped within. He could still hear Ellie's distant cries, the sound of the golf club –
No. This wasn't that cold hard floor, the surface underneath him was soft and warm. He couldn't hear shouting or crying, only... Ellie. With a pained exhale, Joel forced his eyes fully open. As his vision cleared, brown hair and worried eyes came into view. The gentle squeeze to his hand was a notable contrast to the slight bite of her words, and the man's lips twitched upwards.
" Hey kiddo, " Joel's voice is tired, croaky. The movement tugs on his healing cuts and bruises, but the ache clears his mind. Let him focus on his daughter Ellie. He longs to reach out, to comfort the teen, but his limbs are all heavy and disconnected. Won't cooperate yet.
" Sorry to scare you.. just needed some rest, that's all. Are... are you alright? " It was easy to forget that he was the one in the hospital bed, concern for her consuming him.
He didn't know much, remembered hearing someone mention that he'd been unconscious for a long while – and his heart ached that he'd left Ellie alone for that long, had missed so much. Joel knew Ellie well enough to know chances were she'd done something reckless - but whether she'd tell him was a different story.
@fracturals x Joel from this Ellie
It takes all she has not to start crying when she's finally allowed to see Joel, the doctors baffled but done with all their tests; he's a beast, obviously, she knew he'd wake up. She knew. It's why she refused to go sleep at home - but of course he woke up while she was in the bathroom - and why she's still there in Jackson, she had to see him with her own eyes. Because he had to. He had to. "That was one f.ucking way to make me forgive you, Joel," her voice shakes, she can't help it. Okay, she wasn't completely sure he'd wake up, but he had to, right? Where would she be now if he hadn't? Ellie holds onto one of those little pieces of his body that isn't broken, and squeezes it gently. "You took way too long to wake up. Waaay too long, you a.sshole." He's actually going to live, so he doesn't get sweet words from her, no sir. There's no better way to let him know they are cool and that he'll be fine, if you ask her.
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Go To Bed
Another one about making people sleep...
"Are you still awake?"
"I think you need to rest..."
"I'm getting worried about you, you know."
"You really do need to sleep."
"It's okay to be tired."
"You can rest your head on my lap... if that'll help?"
"Let me stroke your hair..."
"I just want you to feel better."
"You would feel better if you actually slept."
"The last time that you actually, really rested..?"
"Sh, sh, it's okay. You're overtired, that's all."
"Okay, I have you, just... relax. Let yourself relax."
"I worry about you, you know. How little you sleep."
"I hear you walking about at night, when you think everyone's asleep."
"I know that you're pretending."
"I'm really not that tired. Promise."
"I'm just a bit... uh. Just... just a bit... I'll be okay in a moment."
"You're swaying so badly you can barely stand!"
"You have to rest! I'm not taking no for an answer!"
"Don't worry about me this is - this is normal -"
"You keep yawning like that you might break your jaw."
"It's nice. Warm. Cosy. Come to bed."
"I just want you to actually rest, for once. Please."
"You have to actually relax."
"Take a breath. Lean back. Close your eyes."
"When's the last time you trusted someone enough to do this?"
"I want you to actually try. That's all."
"Would you let me try something?"
"This is not normal. Even for you."
"I'll get you a heated blanket, warm milk, blackout curtains, anything. Just go to sleep."
SUPERNATURAL -> 8x02 ❝ what's up, tiger mommy? ❞
Threatening Sentences, Vol. 6
(Sentences from various sources for threats to and from a muse. Adjust phrasing where needed)
"If you hurt her, you know I'll kill you."
"Move again, and I will bury this in your skull."
"You've used the threat of violence against my family twice now, for the sake of your own personal well-being, I really wouldn't again."
"I can destroy you in ten words or less."
"I hope you bleed to death, and if you don't, I'll come for you."
"You know, I used to kill guys for a living."
"I've tried the carrot. Do you want me to get out the stick?"
"You know, it's truly amazing how any organs the body can offer up before it really begins to suffer."
"The longer you're respectful, the longer you'll keep your tongue."
"You have no sense of the terrors I will bring onto you."
"You can scream now if you want to."
"When your eyes go dead, the hell I send you to will look like heaven compared to what I've done to you."
"Shut up, or I shoot you in the mouth!"
"I'm going to hurt you. I'm going to hurt you until you tell me everything."
"Don't think I won't shoot you if you pull that kind of shit again!"
"Shouldn't you say something at least vaguely threatening now?"
"Now, I needn't remind you of the consequences of disloyalty, need I?"
"You should be more afraid of me."
"Now, I'm going to ask you a few yes or no questions while you still have enough blood coursing through your brain to answer them. Are you ready?"
"Before you speak another word, I ask you to consider this: how valuable is your life?"
"I'm not a man to bear a grudge, but if I were, I could make life impossible for you."
"Speak again and I will shoot you in the head."
"You burned me once, now I'm going to burn you."
"Don't ask again or I'll kill you."
"Shout as much as you like. No one could possibly hear."
"One of us is going to bleed tonight, and it isn't going to be me!"
"Where do you want to be shot?"
finally finishing my muse list this weekend
I have a story to tell you. Really, what is it about? BROTHER BEAR (2003) dir. Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
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