#dont be so nice to her she'll cry and confess all her murder fantasies

[bhaael]

❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜

the fringes of your mind snap back, tunnel vision of red retreating into the back of your brain for now. but its always there, lurking & waiting for your control to slip just a little bit. you don't tell the others just how fragile your control is, they know the basics. but what they don't know is how you tie your wrists and ankles in your tent every night. since alfira ... well, you can't take any chances.

tired eyes raise from the fire to the wizard standing beside it & the fakest of smiles splits across porcelain cheeks. ❝ just contemplating sticking my head in the fire and burning the parasite from my brain. i've survived this far, so why not chance a fire facial. ❞

you shrug, stand and dust the dirt from your butt, almost skipping over to gale and taking his arm. ❝ what's on the menu tonight , chef gale of waterdeep? i can't cook but i'm really good at chopping and taste testing if you need extra hands. ❞ with his superior intelligence, you don't expect gale to fall for your ruse of 'everything is a-okay!' but you at least hope he drops it.

sentence starters / @karsite