i love you

the smile that you gave me even when you felt like dying

TW// abuse, rape, self harm

Prompt: cheryl is too busy to realize toni's going through hell

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it's been three weeks since toni rescued cheryl from conversion therapy.

a month since cheryl came out to toni at pops

more than a month since cheryl started talking to toni.

and the whole time toni had been nothing but comforting and supportive towards cheryl. god, she was so grateful for that girl. always so caring, from just shooting cheryl a text just to see how she's doing, to holding cheryl tightly through as tears flow heavily, assuring her everything will be alright and she isn't alone. cheryl ponders as the redhead lies awake in the crimson colored sheets of her king-sized bed.

she lolls her head to the side glancing out her window, staring at the icy tundra happening outside. god, she would feel bad for anyone stuck in that, the snow seemed to be coming down by the foot out there. her mind starting wondering back to the pink haired serpent that was taking up most of her thoughts these days. she truly thinks she loves the girl, finally someone to make her feel like she was worth something, like someone cared about her. that small serpent was truly so selfless that it boggles cheryl. her girl ran straight into the sisters of quiet mercy, saving her from her abusers and ran straight out through nuns and muddy tunnels with her in tow. then bringing her back to sunnyside trailer park, (to fang's trailer, she believes) where toni had wrapped her in her arms and let the vixen cry into her chest through the whole night, slowly mending the broken pieces back together; only holding her tighter through the nightmares, assuring her it wasn't real and that she had really rescued her. from then on toni wouldn't let toni out of her sight, too afraid of penelope blossom taking her away from her again. accompanying her every time she went to go visit nana rose in the hospital, doing thing like going to pops, or even just going for drives. it wasn't like it had just started right as toni rescued her, toni had been one of, if not, the most caring people in cheryl's life from the day cheryl had snapped at her in the bathroom. she had helped cheryl and comforted her all through the process of being emancipated and kicking her wretched mother out of thistlehouse. toni was one of the only people cheryl could remember who had even cared enough to genuinely asked her if she was okay, toni topaz was truly a blessing. cheryl pondered as she slowly drifted to sleep, content in her warm bed.

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"fuck!" a certain pink-haired serpent shouted as she pounded a fist weakly against her uncle's trailer door, giving up and sliding down the door with tears in her eyes.

she just wanted to get home and relax. and well, she did just that for a few hours before she realized she was stupid enough to just walk into her uncle's trailer and expect her wishes to actually come true, just a couple minutes later she was met with a drunk uncle and large fists swinging towards her. within minutes she went from complete peace and serenity to broken bottles, loud shouting and hard punches. now here she is, sitting on the steps of the same trailer, bloody and bruised; just for once in her life wanting to be able to relax in her own home, or even just have a stable place to sleep without having to worry about locked doors or abusive uncles.