Her fingers itch with the muscle memories of a different life, of war, of knowing how to use a gun, growing up alone, unloved, parent less. She feels damaged, tainted by this person, this phantasm of another place, who has injected the toxicity of her world into hers, her brittleness scraping against her insides. She doesn't want to remember dying in her father's arms at 24.
Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 10 - Words: 34,249 - Reviews: 60 - Favs: 46 - Follows: 70 - Updated: 3/26 - Published: 7/15/2013 - Olivia D., Peter B., Henrietta B./Etta