a violent yet flammable world ( closed )

[schnapp]

Who| beth greene + jane shepard +daryl dixon + nill + luke + nick, not necessarily at the same time
What| beth's MURDER CATCHALL. it's a clusterfuck.
Where| somewhere in the space port....
When| week 2
Warnings/Notes| death, gore, mentions of suicide/self-harm

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[schnapp]

It's enough. Just having someone here is enough. Not dying alone -- she's grateful for that. Nill holds her hand, and while Beth understands that it can't possibly be real, she's grateful anyway. Maybe it's just something conjured up by a desperate mind, or it's something the other girl is making her believe, but she grips that hand with all of her willpower. Trying to hold on - though for what, she's not sure.

"I know. I'm not scared. I'm -- we don't get to be upset. That's what my daddy told me, a while ago. We don't get to be upset." It's been her constant mantra over the past few months. It's what she repeats to herself in the dark, every night. Whenever she needs it.

"Thank you."

[reassures]

"We don't," Nill agrees gently, and she tries to make it feel like her fingers tighten on Beth's hand, making sure that the presence hasn't faded if nothing else, that Beth will feel like someone was with her until the last moment. That maybe she won't think it's just a figment of a dying mind. "We don't, but sometimes it's very hard not to be upset."

"Take care of yourself too, alright? I'll see you soon."

[schnapp]

"Bye, Nill."

There's a lot more that she wants to say. And she wonders, if maybe this was what her dad had felt, or if it had been too quick for him to have any last regrets. She really hopes that was the cast. She hopes he didn't have any regrets.

She can see the exact moment in her mind. The sword flashing in the midday sun. The red gash in her father's neck that had appeared so suddenly. But she also remembers the faintest hint of a smile on his face, too. It's easier, to focus on that instead of anything else.

Her father's smile is the last thing she concentrates on when the last breath is forced out of her body.

[reassures]

She makes it as easy as possible. There shouldn't be any pain for Beth. She doesn't try to make it so that there's no sadness, or room to reminisce, because at least for the time these are Beth's final moments, and they should be spent the way she wants to spend them. If that means remembering the way her father died then that was up to her.

"Bye, Beth," She responds quietly, and there are tears on her face before Beth even breathes her last.