krampus 🌷 tracob

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Two Days 'Til New Years - Did We Break Him?

Troye's pov

I'm going to die.
And the soul I'm in love with has to watch.

"Mista, why you crying?" Toby whispers.

Tris steps a bit forward, wiggling her fingers through the squares in the metal door. I wipe my tears and stare up at the ceiling.

"Why doesn't he talk anymore? Did we break him?"

"No, you didn't break me." I mumble from my spot on the floor.

"Well, wh- ow!" Tris squawks as her fingers touch the bars.

"That hurt!" She retracts her hand and holds it to her lips.

I furrow my brows and watch as steam comes from her fingers.

"Trissie, you okay?"

"You know you're not supposed to touch iron! It burns!"

So it's iron.

She pouts, "I'm sorry, okay! Forgot!"

"You okay, Tris?" I ask, rolling onto my side and looking up at the three.

She nods, "I'm okay, don't feel no good though."

"Don't be a wimp," Theodore scoffs, which makes Toby whine.

"Don't be rude." He pouts to his brother.

"Don't be stupid." Theodore retorts.

"And don't be mean!" Tris fusses.

"Don't be a retar-"

"Hey," I grab their attention. "If you're gonna go at each other, do it right. Don't say that word. Poopyhead works much better."

The three nod and smile like the close-minded children they are.

"Okay!" They chirp.

And that began the round of "poopyhead!"s to echo in the hallway until I passed out from exhaustion. In and out of consciousness for hours, their insults only got worse, going from words like peepeeface to farthead. Though it was ridiculous, it was definitely enough to make me smile through my misery.

If they are the last three children I'll ever see, I sure am going to at least try to enjoy their company. Jacob peaked in for a little while and shooed the kids off, giving me hugs and kisses before he had to head off again. I suppose he's spending his last few nights alive still working. I wouldn't know and I'm not about to ask. He does what he has to, it's not like there is a thing I could do to stop him.

I'm going to die in two days.
I'll never see my family again, I'll never see my friends, I'll never see the light of day. I've got nothing but everything all at once. Love should be enough for me, but it's not. It could never be. If love means death, maybe I don't want love.