(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.

7. 2-02

A World with Monsters

Monsters in the Yard

2.02

He wasn't a killer but he still needed to scrub himself something fierce once the night was done. The miasma of the dead still touched him, and that wasn't to say anything about the blood and other bodily fluids as well.

They made such a mess, didn't they? Humans: when they were torn apart by monsters. He didn't know what sort of monsters but he wasn't old or experienced enough to know, either.

'Keep your stomach inside for once, and maybe then you'll find out,' the Chief had said, one time.

He didn't throw up on the scene anymore at least, but he never lasted after getting home.