badlands ; luke au [on hold]

day four

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heres the fucking chapter i stayed up all night writing and trying to collect my ideas lmao FUCK MY LIFE.

but here it is, almost the same as when it got deleted :')

OHHH AND HERE'S THE NEXT BOOK'S COVERRR. woah this is kinda like a spoiler!!! hope u pretty ppl love it as much as i love youuu.

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luke paced his room again that night, and he wasn't able to sleep.

he was making frustrated noises, much to his new neighbor's dismay.

the girl angrily got out of her bed, and knocked on his door.

luke sleepily opened the door and rubbed his eyes.

"yes?"

"can you FUCKING KEEP IT DOWN? i'm trying to sleep," she hissed.

luke's face turned a dark shade of red as he apologized quickly, "i'm sorry i just- i cant um, sleep. i haven't been sleeping well lately."

the girl sympathetically stared at luke up and down.

"do you know about anything that helps you sleep better?" she suggested.

luke mumbled, "another body."

she looked up from the floor and locked eyes with luke.

"i didn't really mean that," he replied with wide eyes.

"it's fine. maybe it will help." she smiled, inviting herself in.

she sat down on the bed, and ran her hand across the white sheets.

"it's weird, right? the beds. i still haven't figured that shit out," she joked.

luke nodded and walked over to her.

he took a seat next to her, and kept his stare at his lap.

"you okay?" she murmured.

luke chewed at the inside of his lips and responded, "no."

"what's wrong?"

"lots of things."

"tell me the first thing that comes to mind."

"i wish my mom never sent me here."

"why did your mom send you here?"

"i did something bad."

"what'd you do."

"something."

the girl crossed her arms over her chest and huffed.

"like what?"

luke shifted his weight nervously and shrugged.

"like something that i'm hated for."

"that makes no sense. just explain, please." she sighed.

luke picked at his nails and grumbled, "okay...so, um... it all kinda started with my girlfriend cheating on me, and i went a little mental and got extremely drunk at some dumb dive bar. i wasn't thinking straight and i had no ride home so i thought i could drive myself. it was all cool and shit until i collided with the most respectable couple in my town. i broke the woman's ribs and leg. the guy was left in a body cast waist up. i ruined someone's life because of an idiot move. i'm a fucking screw-up. they'd be okay and normal if it wasn't for me," luke whimpered.