HARPER
I stood outside when the roof gave in
You crawled from the wreckage you were lying in
You crawled from the wreckage you were lying in
Harper is drunk again. It has been an unexpectedly pleasant state of being, and one he has occupied for an unclear amount of days now. Sunjata and the House of Midnight had broken through his barriers and fears of being inebriated, but it had led to a haze of inebriation with no end in sight.
Faded hickeys trail up his neck, and though he doesn’t sway - years of gruesome training too rigid even years later for such gracelessness - it’s clear from his glassy eyes and distant expression that he’s not all there. Which is likely why he’s not the one to recognize Sohalia first, and why it takes her calling out to him for Harper to even realize she’s there.
His stomach sinks in dread, but the alcohol keeps him from feeling the full effects of regret and fear. Instead he changes direction and meanders her way, sitting with a humph beside her and setting the bottle in his hand to sit between his knees. “What are you doin’ all the way out here, sweetheart?” His voice is slow and syrupy, a drawl of a foreign accent that Caido has never seen and never will thick around the syllables.
Faded hickeys trail up his neck, and though he doesn’t sway - years of gruesome training too rigid even years later for such gracelessness - it’s clear from his glassy eyes and distant expression that he’s not all there. Which is likely why he’s not the one to recognize Sohalia first, and why it takes her calling out to him for Harper to even realize she’s there.
His stomach sinks in dread, but the alcohol keeps him from feeling the full effects of regret and fear. Instead he changes direction and meanders her way, sitting with a humph beside her and setting the bottle in his hand to sit between his knees. “What are you doin’ all the way out here, sweetheart?” His voice is slow and syrupy, a drawl of a foreign accent that Caido has never seen and never will thick around the syllables.
You're out of reach and we're out of time, I take it all and toe that line
You held my hand and pulled me down with you
You held my hand and pulled me down with you
