ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ, ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴀᴅᴜʟᴛ ᴘᴏʀᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴇᴀʟᴀɴᴅ / ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ ᴋɪʀᴋʟᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇᴛᴀʟɪᴀ. ᴘꜰᴘ ɪʀᴏɴɪᴄ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ. ᴍᴅɴɪ, ᴍᴜɴ ɪꜱ 25.
𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬.
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—— 𝘔𝘠 𝕮𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 。
At any rate, Peter was free to lose himself in +
At any rate, Peter was free to lose himself in +
However sick to his stomach the entire endeavour had left him, +
However sick to his stomach the entire endeavour had left him, +
He did write one message, though. Scrawled on the back of a postcard from Portsmouth, it read:
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚢𝚜. +
He did write one message, though. Scrawled on the back of a postcard from Portsmouth, it read:
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚢𝚜. +
❁✿ 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 。
Was it bitterness over past wrongs? Fondness for when their relationship was better? Or was Arthur himself nothing more than a childhood memory to him? There was justification for any reading of the unwritten message, and so Peter didn't +
❁✿ 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 。
Was it bitterness over past wrongs? Fondness for when their relationship was better? Or was Arthur himself nothing more than a childhood memory to him? There was justification for any reading of the unwritten message, and so Peter didn't +
Kindness.
The bundle of gifts wasn't spectacular in terms of refinement. After all, Peter himself was still working class. But he did his best, throwing together bits and pieces +
Kindness.
The bundle of gifts wasn't spectacular in terms of refinement. After all, Peter himself was still working class. But he did his best, throwing together bits and pieces +
No matter what he did or didn't do, Peter would be disrespecting some part of himself in the process; and thus on the eve of +
No matter what he did or didn't do, Peter would be disrespecting some part of himself in the process; and thus on the eve of +
And what was there to be done about it? What did 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 want to do? Truthfully, the young man didn't know, himself. He endured with +
And what was there to be done about it? What did 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 want to do? Truthfully, the young man didn't know, himself. He endured with +
Impetuous and loyal, the little war machine simply couldn't comprehend it. Roughs wailed into one ear with the anguish of a dying animal: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳? +
Impetuous and loyal, the little war machine simply couldn't comprehend it. Roughs wailed into one ear with the anguish of a dying animal: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳? +
Terror and bloodlust bloomed in splendid, grotesque union, and slowly sank down to his steel core.
Terror and bloodlust bloomed in splendid, grotesque union, and slowly sank down to his steel core.
Beneath the show of bravery, his heart was racing. Adrenaline had begun to seep into his system, both numbing him and placing him on-edge; his hands twitched at his +
Beneath the show of bravery, his heart was racing. Adrenaline had begun to seep into his system, both numbing him and placing him on-edge; his hands twitched at his +
𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺. +
𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺. +
. . . Well, he wouldn't. For all his corporeal strength, he was still bound to orders. His chest felt tight at any fleeting +
. . . Well, he wouldn't. For all his corporeal strength, he was still bound to orders. His chest felt tight at any fleeting +
Truth be told, he was.
The gears churned in his mind, urging him to lash out and 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 +
Truth be told, he was.
The gears churned in his mind, urging him to lash out and 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 +
The shift in demeanour was palpable. Once the other had forgone any sense of etiquette +
The shift in demeanour was palpable. Once the other had forgone any sense of etiquette +
The thought of his precious, beloved homeland straining his eyes with the mere sight of these men was enough to light a fire in Roughs' +
The thought of his precious, beloved homeland straining his eyes with the mere sight of these men was enough to light a fire in Roughs' +