(A World with Monsters) Monsters in the Yard

by reminiscent-afterthought

[AU] Monsters lurk in all dark places, whether that's in streets or homes or minds. Both of them fight monsters: in different ways, different capacities - but maybe they're fighting the wrong monsters...or maybe there are just more monsters they could, and should, be fighting.

4. 1-04

A World With Monsters

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Monsters in the Yard

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1.04

He screamed, inside the room. She left her puppy in there but stood outside herself because inside her head, there was a little her screaming and it made her want to barf.

All of them were monsters, after all.

Phasco was alright. He could defend himself from those sorts of monsters and her as well, even if he had to tear grown men from limb to limb and break his teeth while doing it.

Before she had the luxury of someone looking out for her, she'd tried to do that too. But human teeth are far more fragile, regardless of whether they're angels or demons underneath. Some people just wore their skin inside out. Pretended they were one when in fact they were the other and the screaming proved it.

Because they were very different kinds of screams: the truly afraid and the sadists who couldn't help the little glimpse in the mirror within their own cowardice.