ethereal. ( a linhiana oneshot )

𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕. 𝚂𝚘 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

"𝙱𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊?" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑?"

"𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.𝙴𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚖-" 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢. "𝙴𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗." 𝚃𝚊𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸'𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚊𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚑'𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

"𝙾𝚑, 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚑," 𝙸 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙸'𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚏 𝚖𝚎.

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐.

𝚅𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚅𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢.𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝, 𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔.

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚘 "𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘."