You allow the world to think you’re a heartless murderer,“ I tell him. "And you’re not.”
He laughs, once; his eyebrows lifting in surprise. “No,” he says. “I’m afraid I’m just the regular kind of murderer.
carpe noctem
St Jerome by Antonio de Pereda (1643)
James : [having swollen eyes because of crying]
Will : by the angel! [grabbed James’ face] it can’t be
James : what?
Will : D-demon POX!!!
James : Da—
Will : it is! FAIRCHILD BACK ME UP!
Matthew, wearing James’ reading glasses : according to page 30 paragraph 2, History of Demon Pox by William Herondale “The affected will deteriorate physically and will experience fever, chills, nausea, oozing sores, non-oozing sores, buboes, a film of black over the eyes, hair ejection, skin discoloration, SWELLING, and other similar signs of distress”
Will : you know what we should do NOW?
Matthew : CALL UNCLE JEM!!!
James : DID YOU BOTH ASSUME THAT I MADE OUT WITH A DEMON?
Todd Webb. 37th Street. New York. 1946
Me when the characters in my book start doing something I specifically told them not to do
❝You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.❞
fun fact! i made this like a month ago when i first saw the carry on countdown prompts and couldn’t help myself from making it and posting it a month earlier, but here we are, again! i added the pisces and cancer constellation into their hair respectively bc i thought it’d look cool. in case you couldn’t tell, this is for the sun/moon prompt :)