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secreto-draco · 6 years

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Thuds this is a response fic to @brutalb ‘s post , hope its good and if anyone can help me polish and edit it plz inbox me so without adieu.i’ve previously posted this but i worked on some of the kinks plus it kinda goes with this other fic ill be posting so...

jolt molly awake and without a second thought,shes’ rushing into gert’s room,tearing the door open-everything in her drops,the sight; later fueling one of her many nightmares and becomes one of her worst fears regarding her sister.gert is spasming ,her long auburn curly tangled all round her hands and neck. said hands desperately pulling and clawing at her throat,like shes fighting something off her.before molly even realizes,she yanking those hands out and pinning them to her sides,so gert wont rip her throat out.

eventually, the spasming turns to slight trembling, but somethings still dreadfully wrong.It's her breathing,erratic and hard.Pulling back,to look into Gerts' eyes; they’re frantic.she needs to calm her down,shifting her hold into a soft embrace ,and handles her breathing into a 4,7,8 like the therapist had taught the two them last month.

the night passes like that, molly holding gert, singing that old lullaby.dale and stacey hurdled to the side (they'd shown up to see molly pin gert down but gave them space;cause it would have made gert's panic all the more worse-cause too many people).

when morning comes, it’s a quiet breakfast-the atmosphere is drained and tense,all of them are waiting and on edge.only later ,lounging in the living room-no one goes anywhere be it school or work, this is important,that the quiet calm is broken by gert finally speaking-it’s her hair.Sentient tentacles pinching and chocking,wrapping around her neck ,crushing it and crawling into her mouth and down her throat.

as soon as what she had said registers into dale’s head,they all load into the minivan,destination,the hairdressers. luckily they’re able to get the cut in the back privately,away from the noise and hustle and bustle of a Friday afternoon.still though understandably gert’s eyes dart back and forth,shes' anxious,so molly slips her hand into her sisters’, it's soothing for the both of them.with a deep breath, gert nervously, asks for a slightly layered bob with bangs.and purple, from an eco-friendly brand. they do this with music and laughter.when its done and set, gert’s smiling and crying-causing a domino effect,everyone-her,stacey and melissa [the angelic stylist] whose in awe are now bawling their eyes out,really stacey’s just a snotty watery mess. And amidst all the tears,shes warmly pressed against a happy gert.

in a flurry series of moments stacey pays and they’re out the door.and just right there is dale,leaning against the van with a teary grin,within seconds he’s hugging gert close with a ‘you look great kiddo’.they go out for dinner and ice cream.

molly loves gert’s new look,the color and the cut.purple fits gert and length frames her face quite nicely. honestly, shes all glow-y standing in front of the mirror,turning her hair this way and that-admiring it's swoosh and woosh. Seeing her sister,ecstatic and comfortable like this makes her heart feel full. they spend the whole night just goofing off and singing obnoxious songs and falling asleep side to side.its good and fun and close-something that was very much needed and welcomed.

in the coming weeks molly makes it her mission is to give gert love,support and security.hence,when in private its all soft little smiles and hugs.in public it’s all smirks,grins, winks and wowzas- cause she really does look amazing.luckily enough shes’ the younger sister,and as the younger sister, she gets to ruffle and play with gert’s hair,twirling it about.some mornings she even brushes and makes her hair before school but always before bed. molly will always be there for gert-always.

Nico

Its a cloudy and early Monday,when nico sees her. The purple is a stark contrast against the grey background and is definitely eye catching, amongst the brown, blond and red heads in the school courtyard. It takes a few seconds, that walk is kinda familiar as is the person.looking straight into said person’s bespectacled eyes,and it hits her. Purple hair and jittery stomps is Gert. She can’t help but toss a sad smirk and give her a deliberately slow once over as she passes, the poor girl doesn’t even notice. Gert just keeps on walking, head held high and eyes straight ahead.

her hair and posture..humm...its not that hard but she can read between the lines, knows this is something gert has needed for a while,especially after the stiffing aftermath that was amy’s death and the disbanding of the group.shes proud that gert has done this for herself,she’s proud that gert is on the path of healing and self discovery.plus gert has always wanted that same shade of purple in her hair ever since nico herself had knitted her that frumpy purple scarf -that was actually more like a thin and tiny stretch of rectangular scratchy fabric,way back in the day.it makes her eyes sting and her mind cloud with memories and her damn heart sick. Everything is a series of complex knots-proud,happy,sad,bitter and alone. Shes happy for gert, sad that her friend is hurt, bitter cause she can heal and go on but here nico is still stuck and she’s still alone,even 10 months after.

Karo, sees her in literature .gert sits behind her.as she turns back to pass down the worksheet,she’s stills. It isn’t till gert clears her throat,telling her in a stern yet a quaky voice to take a picture, it’ll last longer, that she turns back ahead to do her work.she doesn’t know what to think of it for weeks. is gert derailing? is she hiding or publicizing her grief stricken mind frame.is she okay?-there’s a something sorrowful growing in the pit of her stomach,every time she sees a flash of moving purple from the corner of her eyes. yet a tiny repressed part of Karo can’t help but feel envious that gert is doing something so gert-irrational,stupid, bold and wild.she can mistakes, she can fall apart(if this is something that she’s done to cope with the grief),she does what she wants and has no shame with her stance on things. Whereas, here Karo is buckling under the pressure and is isolated.she can’t be there for nico or gert but she can’t go to them either.

alex jerks when he sees gert in the library,but all in all hes’ not surprised cause you know it makes sense and its something gert would do.as he passes her he makes a romona flowers reference or something similar-to which she looks up and smiles.from his desk a bit aways- he’s takes in the bob and the purple.it brings a painful churn in his stomach-its a harsh reminder that things are changing,everyone is changing and they are no longer here.they’re just forgotten friendships from a long time ago.

chases’ brow furrows when gert gaits towards her locker.his heart clenches at the sight of her- knowing that if they were best friends still,gert would be slightly bouncing on the balls of her feet when brainstorming ideas ,and he could have run his fingers through her hair,jokingly teasingly said goodbye to the long,wiry locks but in all seriousness mean it.he could have been there to reassure her in some way or another when she would nervously show the new look to him.he wasn’t there for those moments and its a heavy pill to swallow.

her hair now is short and a glazing,brilliant purple- bold and cool,passionate and caring,stong and soft,-a fierce color, much like gert herself-and it seemingly brings out the best it her.Gert 's glowing and healthy,which is relieving-cause for months she looked washed out,with dark bags under her eyes. all of her just looks beautiful.

obviously the rest of the school believes otherwise.teachers are behaving weird-kinda like they’re waiting for her to snap.students whisper,point and snicker loudly.sometimes effil or whomever would call out dyke or something.the cut and color ,adding in to her spouting off strong feminist remarks have lead them to call her such insults. And he would direct their attention,they’re biting comments to some other nerd.He might even lead them away.though for some inexplicable reason he always glances back at gert- the look in her eye fills him with shame and guilt,but he continues straight on anyways.chase is a coward through and through, he can’t tell his mates to shut the hell up,he can’t give gert his support.he wishes he could,he could be her friend or acquaintance or just plain friendly but he can’t cause gert knows he’s some dumb cowardly neanderthal.

its been weeks, and chase still can’t keep his eyes off her.gert seems to be getting more and more comfortable in her skin.from time to time he spies molly’s interactions with gert. they’re teasing and laughing-and it’s so heartwarming to see their sisterhood.Chase hasn’t seen them like this in quite a while-and not only because he’s no longer their closest friend. But God did he miss molly and her sass and her mischief.He misses being part of gert,molly and chase. whats more, he jealous that molly’s playing with gert’s shimmery purple locks

#gertchase fic #gert yorkes #chase stein #molly hernandez #nico minoru #alex wilder #karolina dean

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