heaven in hiding •~• corpse husband fic

part eleven ~ flashback dreams

PART ELEVEN : FLASHBACK DREAMS

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Cover up with make up in the mirror
Tell yourself it's never gonna happen again
You cry alone and then he swears he loves you

Face Down : The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

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2 years ago
Ohio

"How does it feel?" Lincoln asks his younger sister as he leads her to his car. She's still in a pair of scrub pants with an oversized hoodie and hospital socks under her slip on vans. She felt dead inside as well as the most alive she's been in months.

"How does what feel?" She asks as she gets into the passenger seat of his small beat up car that he's way too proud of.

"To be free!" Lincoln smiles as he starts it and Ski Mask screams through the speakers before he turns it down.

"Good I guess," Ariyah shrugs, "can I have my phone?"

"Oh yeah!" Lincoln reaches into the side console, "I charged it for you!" He was way too cheerful, but he always was and Ariyah found it comforting.

She turns it on and realizes that no one had been on it in four months as the last thing she was on popped up.

It was a text message to her friend's discord.

"I'm sorry I won't be available unless someone says otherwise"

Quickly she reads through the responses.

Jack : text us soon!

Dave : we'll miss you!

Gab : bitch answer me

"Did you guys tell my friends?" She asks and she finds the answer herself.

Soph : hey... I have some bad news

Soph : Ari's brother just called me and said that she tried to kill her self last night. She's in critical condition but is stable. I'll let you all know updates as they come...

"Never mind,"

"I've talked to that bitch you call a boyfriend too," Lincoln says, "he didn't even think about flying his sorry ass here from LA,"

"Link," Ariyah sighs, "he's busy,"

"His girlfriend was dying!" Lincoln grips the steering wheel harshly. "He could've at least called you,"

"He did," Ariyah smiles, "I'm actually planning on moving to LA," 

"Fuck no!" Lincoln laughs harshly, "you're not leaving my sight, you can't fucking leave us like mom did," he sighs, "the exact same way mom did," 

"Not the exact same..." Ariyah points out but Lincoln glares at her and makes her stop.

"You're not fucking going anywhere," 

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1 year later
Ariyah and Logan's apartment in LA

"Stop," Ariyah says but the man just laughs, he roughly grabs her jaw squeezing harshly as he gets close to her face.

"Where are you going to go?"

Tears streamed down her face as she struggled but there really was no where to go.

She was used to the names, the yelling, even some hitting, but this was different. He pushed her against the wall and she fell to the floor, as she walked closer he grabbed her hair,

"Try to lie about my friends again, slut," he spits and that's the last thing she remembers before darkness.

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present day: sunday
ariyah's house

"Fuck!" Ariyah's heavy breathing fills the room as she shoots up and it startles Corpse awake next to her.

"What?" He asks suddenly as he's jolted awake and when he looks at her he's quickly sitting up as well, eyes going wide when he sees her disarrayed state. "Fuck Ari, what's wrong?" He asks watching as she curls into a ball and begins to pull at her hair.

"I-I" Ariyah stutters as she squeezes her eyes shut, "I had a dream,"

"Are you okay?" He tries not to push but as he goes to touch her she harshly jumps away. "I'm sorry,"

"No!" She says quickly and basically launches herself into his chest as she searches for comfort, "please,"

Corpse wraps his arms around her, holding her basically in his lap as he strokes her back and listens to her cry. "What happened?" he asks still confused and Ariyah sighs between whimpers.

"I had a dream about Logan," she says and Corpse sighs, "it was more of a flashback I guess, since it was all real,"

"What the fuck did he do?" Corpse asks, he sounds angry but he tries to mask it, failing horribly.

"I don't want you to know and then you leave," Ariyah admits,

"I will never do that," Corpse's grip around her tightens, "but you don't have to tell me,"

She sighs, "thank you," and she gulps before speaking again, "he just hurt me..." she stops as new tears form, "...really bad, and thousands of miles away from my family,"

"I'm sorry," Corpse says softly as he hugs her close. "Let's try to go back to sleep okay? And we're going to have good dreams this time," he tries to speak gently as they lay down and he holds Ariyah tightly, not wanting to ever let go.

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edited : 12-28-20