Blood and Mercy
Maybe years.
And then I see the drawings.
Taped to the walls, scattered across tables, covering nearly every surface I can see. Sketches in charcoal and pencil, some detailed and finished, most of them half-done like he started and couldn’t bring himself to continue.
All of them are the same person.
A girl. Young, fourteen or fifteen maybe, with long dark hair and this smile that looks like it could light up an entire room.
In some of the drawings she’s laughing at something off the page. In others she’s concentrating hard, her tongue stuck between her teeth the way kids do when they’re focused.
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