Stop
Back me down from backing up
Hold your breath now it's stacking up
Etched with marks, but I can deal
And you're the problem and you can't feel
-Straitjacket Feeling, the All-American Rejects
I'm scared.
Do the two simple words ever make a difference? Would they? What would it take?
Do I have to beg?
Done--
Fall to my knees?
Done--
But please…
Please…
Don't--
Stop--
Just--
I can't form the right words at all anymore…
I wish--
You would--
I--
Why can't I string together a simple sentence? I write songs, for Mobius' sake. But not everything comes as easily as I'd hope. Emotions can't always be expressed as naturally as they're felt.
But--
Oh, just stop.
I need a sentence, just a simple sentence that gets the job done.
Stop being an idiot.
Stop being a--
Stop--
What's the word?
Masochistic?
Chivalrous?
Overprotective?
How about just being a guy? Does that cover it? Do you know what I mean?
Bomb--
Mogul--
Any of the other crap we might face in the future--
None of that matters. It never did.
But you never cared. You never will.
You will always be there.
"Whatever it takes", huh?
Well--
Well--
Well--
Stop.
What if I couldn't take it?
Wait, present tense. What if I can't?
It's too much--
Can't--
Please--
But I relax. And I realize some things can't change.
But some can.
Please--
Please--
Stay--
Stay here.
Stay safe.
Stay alive.
"A princess needs a knight in shining armor."
I'm fine with that, as long as the knight doesn't get himself killed.
Because if that--
If--
Well--
The princess might as well be dead too.
A/N: OMFG I'M NOT DEAD
No, really. And I've had the worse writer's block.
But anyway, I'm thinking that I'm going to have to start up a second drabbles section with all of my Archieverse stuff (which after this is just it and Nothing Personal). Hm…
Oh, and MinaxAsh all the way. For some reason, I find Ash awesome--awesome enough to be my second most favorite Archieverse character (behind Elias, of course). And somewhere along the way, he's just going to wind up getting himself killed. How ELSE will MinaxTails work?
This story sucks, but at least I'm writing again...
GRR NO CHARACTER SELECT FOR ASH... Oh, well...
Inspiration: "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)", O.A.R. "How many times do I break till I'm shattered?/Over the line can't define what I'm after" ...Yeah.