some days i just want to curl up into a ball

A Very Important Day Ch. 23 - Dave/John - Homestuck - Sadstuck

evanwritessometimes:

(A/N: Kind of a short chapter, sorry for that after the wait! It flows well though, and I hope to get out the next chapter super soon. Thanks!  

Chapters: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22)

Your name is Dave Strider, you are thirty-one years old, and your head is spinning.

You suppose you’re able to breathe now, but that doesn’t really matter with the way the world has contorted before you. The crackers on the shelf and the scattered papers on the floor and the alcohol stains in your once-new carpet are all blurry and you can’t make sense of it all. Concepts that once defined how you lived are being challenged, concepts you’ve never thought could be broken and at once always prayed they would. And you can’t even tell if you’re happy or fucking terrified. You guess it’s a mix of both - you’ve always been the king of mixed feelings.

But even with the thought in mind of “going and getting him, tiger” (that thought that crumbles your mindset and shatters the clockwork you’ve worked so hard to line up), you have no idea where to even begin. It’s more than just a kiss and a charming smirk (could you even pull those off this late in the game?), it’s a tragic waltz surrounded by dominoes, and you have to lead your feet to not knock down a single one. Yet you know no matter what, at least one or two have to fall. But which one knocks down hundreds behind it?

You think that maybe texting John is a thing you should do.

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