Arrow Lake when all the things under the sky go free of time

needed to get this outta the way i guess lmao

whatever satisfaction either of them might have expected from him upon receiving such poetic justice tragic news, stigmata could only muster a furrowed, disconcerted expression. if he had not run into piper himself and known of her intentions to visit her family, then he wouldn't have been so genuinely concerned. "piper was in the mountains with me. i made sure she was alright," he said immediately. "she still had not found lucas, apparently, but i told her where to find you."

his face smoothed suddenly, and he said rather tightly: "except, here you are."