WHERE’S BELLA ? that’s the question everyone asks, the question no one has an answer to. your brows arch like hers and your heart aches like hers, bleeding sunshine and spitting honey. you are, to your very core, your mother’s son—- golden and tan and beautiful, hair black like hers and eyes lovely like hers, face freckled like hers and cheeks sunken like hers. you cry like her, sing like her, orchestrate piano keys between dainty digits like her. perhaps, so beautifully crafted like her and blessed like her, you’ll one day be able to find her. no one else seems to care to. / ind. alexander goth, as penned by stephanie.
a weak boned boy made up of frayed wires . he will not allow himself bend or break again , will not let himself implode with the burnings of a broken heart . veins of poison wrapping around the organ , trying to keep it intact so that his frame does not cave in . he could tell his beloved how sorry he is . that he will never leave again , that he’d hang up his poisoned soul on the coat rack made up of their enemies’ bones . he could be truthful , & she could have doubts . he could stay forever , but they are both too smart to believe in things like that , no longer able to trust in kaleidoscope thoughts & childish daydreams . one day , he will leave again , & she will fall in love again . he will be scratched out of portraits . reduced to a name & scarring memories . she will try to forget him , & he will be searching for her love in places there is none . his every waking thought & his last dying wish .
hands pull away from the rosary , like it scorched him , like it disgusts him . eyes closing so tightly in frustration that he can see the galaxies she’s made of on back of his eyelids . the world spinning at a sickening speed , he will swallow down bile . her kisses taste like love , & he has never deserved that . without thinking , rough hands will press harshly against her collarbone . he has never taken her softness into consideration . maybe if he’s ugly , she’ll understand . blood stained teeth snarling , eyes flickering black , it pains him to show her the face that damns him . but he is no good , & will never deserve her love . ‘ no , we’re not . nothing about you , nothing about us , is right . what don’t you fucking understand ? it’s going to kill us . this is going to fucking kill us … ’ & you do not deserve to die . not at his hands , not even at god’s .
‘ & i’m not going to die because of you . ’
you’d think , with a heart so gold and love so kind , she’d move on to better things . she’d come to realize that chase was just a boy full of broken promises , a boy full of fear , a boy scarred and a boy cruel and a boy whose one reflex was to run away . she knew some of those things . it took time , but she realized he was scared , he was weak . weaker than her , anyway . alas , this didn’t deter her affections or wither away her loyalty . if anything , it made them stronger--------- her persistence and patience taking over her love . she wanted to help him . she wanted to prove to him that , utterly and truly , she loved him . she wanted to show to him that her intentions were only good , and that he didn’t have to keep pretending to be this big bad wolf that she knew he only portrayed himself to be , a means to isolate himself ; it was easier to be feared than to be loved , she knows she knows she knows ! but god , was it hard . damn , was it tough . it was so painful to love so hard only to be left so many times . ‘ you’re a liar . ‘ voice shakes , but her ground is stood . ‘ and a coward . ‘ she doesn’t flinch at his touch , doesn’t cower at his gaze . she’d gotten used to it by now . ‘ it’s easier to be alone . you want to be alone . you’re doing this to make me go away . . . but i’m not going to . ‘ grabs his hand again , rests it over her rosary again . ‘ you hear me ? i’m not going to . i’m not going to abandon you . i’m not going to let you ruin yourself . i’m not going to let you become the monster you so desperately wish yourself to be . & you know why i’m not letting you do that ? because i care , chase . i care so much , and you’ve never known what that feels like , so you’re scared of it . you’re scared of me . you can’t live your life in fear . ‘
a poisoned heart beating quickly . sprung to life & pounding against him , slowly melting the layer of ice making up his chest plate until it becomes thin enough to break through . then his blood will color crimson tragedies along the walls & his faux courage that he’s worked hard to build up , will drain with it . because there is a scar in the shape of a rosary along his chest . burning in her company , weak bones turning to ash . because she looks like love , soft & radiant . & chase , so starved of such affections , will fall victim to the desire . regretting that choice after he finds himself in a noose . only to let it happen time after time . but not today . after minutes of ignoring every syllable spoken like honey , he turns to face her . heart strings tug against a blackened at the sight of her . she looks defeated , her stitching slowly ripping from the seams . it’s painful to look directly at her . moka is the sun , & she is burning out . taking a deep breath , each movement will hurt . he’s doing this for her , he likes to think , & not his drowning fear of commitment . the glacier melting and filling up polluted lungs . ‘ leave me the fuck alone . ’ teeth gritting , eyes narrowed , voice booming ; it is an act perfected . far too easy when the boy on the inside is screaming , begging for help . heart crumbling , leaving him with only rubble to breath . choking & sputtering up empty ‘ i love you ’ s and ‘ please don’t leave me ’ s past the blood pouring past lips .
‘ do you understand me , moka ? leave me alone . i don’t want anything to do with you anymore . ’
* @rcsario
lies scar fragile flesh , staining her in the horrors of his love , a love that burns brightly in daylight but sits coldly in moonbeams . she’d barely had him home with her for more than a day , and he prepares to leave again . AGAIN ! how many times would this be now ? heart expands too far , welcoming him home in her embrace too many times . would she ever get tired of a boy so cruel , a boy she’d call a man if it wasn’t for his fears that withhold his bloom ? one day there wouldn’t be a home to come back to . one day , when times were better and life was brighter , she wouldn’t be here anymore . perhaps even sooner , she’d marry a man worth marrying , and there wouldn’t be space in her ever-expanding heart for him anymore .
‘ you don’t . . . mean it . ‘ yet even still , she continues to see through the facade he calls heartlessness . his lips are lined in anger but his eyes cry for help , ache in fear and long for love . ‘ you don’t mean it . i know you don’t . you don’t mean it . ‘ she approaches , hands cupping his to rest it over her rosary , with the same heavy silver & the same glistening red gem that winks in the center . ‘ i love you . we’re together for a reason . we’re supposed to be together . ‘ said the rosary’s spell , unbreakable to anyone else’s hands , even those with gentler thoughts and romantic smiles . ‘ you don’t have to be scared anymore . you don’t have to run away anymore . ‘ leans forward , cherry lips peppering gentle kisses to coax him into staying . ‘ stop it . ‘ and again . ‘ stop it . ‘ and again and again and again . ‘ just stay here . ‘
bubblegum pink, strawberry manicure combs locks behind pale ear & legs sway back and forth absentmindedly. ‘ i’ve always wanted a brother. ‘ hums, longingly. ‘ i have three sisters, so i can understand what that’s like. ‘ / @sorrxwfilled , art.
saccharine sweet, she pools in springtime. ‘ have you ever thought of quitting ? ‘ smoking, she means. she wasn’t going to remind her that it was bad for her, and that it could potentially kill her. . . moka’s sure she’s heard all that already, but she still subtly speaks to it with the way moka shields her nose from second hand. / @pulitzerlost
hi this is a starter call
out of politeness, she does not her voice that moka would even get it if she tried. ‘ i’m not sulking. ’ plump lips move to correct her, her face pale. it’s with angelic calmness that she tilts her head, regarding moka with a careful eye, tracing her details. ‘ i’m mourning. ’
brows furrow, more out of confusion than anything else. mourning ? for what ? ‘ don’t tell me it’s for him. ‘ a man weak, defenseless, annoying. how could anyone love a thing so pesky ? ‘ men aren’t worth the trouble; especially a human man, no less. ‘
‘ no. ’ emotions bubble at her lips violently, cause a hurricane in her chest. she shakes her head, aggressive. ‘ no. that’s not true. ’ it might be, for all she knows, but love, lust —- lydia doesn’t know the difference most of the time. all she knows is that when she’s around moka, her knees feel a little bit like dessert jell-o, and her schoolgirl crush is wide enough to span around her neighborhood. blood comes nearer. she stares, wide-eyed, speechless, silently pleading with the vampire for there to be another way. this is irreversible, this she knows, and it doesn’t even matter. in the end, she will always make erratic choices because of love. in the end, she will always pick moka. with tears in her eyes and a wobble of chipmunk cheeks and raspberry lips, she cants her head down to let the taste seep into her mouth.
crimson petals part, head tilts back with the tiniest twinge of satisfaction. blood sharing was, and forever will be, intensely erotic for vampires------ deeper than sex, better than feasting. it was giving a part of yourself to someone worth deserving, someone who will wake to be yours forever, loyal and loving. what a shame that moka herself cared little for that commitment, she merely enjoyed the pain of abandonment. arm pulls away, hands resting on either side of lydia’s head. with a sharp twist, and no warning, she snaps her neck.
brings her to her home, halls far enough to echo and rooms big enough on their own to foster a small family. she’s rested lydia on the couch, a smooth red velvet held together with black tinted wood. moka sits at the end of it, black claws scaling the craftsmanship of her rosary with care and adoration. would it be too late to confess to lydia the existence of a girl far lovelier, the girl closer to inner than any other ? probably, but she doubts it would matter, seeing as they’d likely never meet. rosary tucked away in the back pocket of leather jeans, she tries to waken lydia with the scent of blood, blood lingering within the confines of a medical plastic bag------- moka hated the taste, but she wanted lydia to find her own hunt rather than moka bringing it to her, so it would have to do for a first meal.
‘ tragic story. ‘ she’s undermining it. she cared little for god, and this merely reminds her of her hatred; why worship a man so cruel, so unforgiving ? better yet, why worship a man at all ? ‘ but why sulk ? you just look pathetic. take hold of your new life and make it your own. sulking is what he wants you to do. ‘ so, she mustn’t do it. / @nymphaete
IM ALIVE I SWEAR LIKE FOR A STARTER
multimuse / feat. horror ocs ( including barbie ) , & muses from heathers, skins, paswg, etc.
she knows. ‘ but you haven’t. ’ pulse quickens underneath moka’s touch. her cruelty has burned through flesh so many times that maybe lydia’s immune to the fire now. isn’t that a nice thought? ‘ what are you waitin’ for? do it. ’ she’s tired of this back-and-forth, of moka not saying what’s on her mind. TELL ME YOU LOVE ME. TELL ME YOU HATE ME. anything is better than the lie. ‘ y’either want me dead or y’want me alive, but when i’m around you i feel like i’m both, and i can’t keep doin’ that. i feel dead because of how much i love you. you don’t get what that’s like. ’
love ? she’d laugh if the notion wasn’t so unfamiliar to her. instead, crimson petals part to release something similar to that of a scoff; doubts, denies, refuses. ‘ you don’t love me. ‘ how could one love a monster so cruel, a girl so vile ? ‘ it is the idea of love that arouses you. you crave it, ache for it. your loneliness is what drives you. ‘ claws whisper across lyida’s skin; up the curve of her breast, lining the edge of her jaw, cupping the sweetness of rosy cheek. moka’s free arm comes to her own painted lips, fangs elongating to shred the flesh that rests there. she brings it close to lydia, blood’s grotesque scent filling midnight air, lingering copper and nickle. ‘ take my blood, and you’ll never have to be lonely again----- an eternity of us, forever and always, lydia. ‘ she gives her the illusion of choice, but it’s likely she didn’t have one.