Have you ever watched a cat toying with a mouse? Swiping at them with their little paws and watching them squirm. It looks like such a game to them, a toy to play with that when they’re bored could become … Read More
Safe Harbor
You ever notice how people talk about safety like it’s a place? A room you can go to. A person you can stand behind. A harbor you can sail into when the storm gets too loud. I used to believe … Read More
Redemption
There was a man I served with who tried to redeem himself. Not because he was good. Not because he deserved it. But because he couldn’t live with what he’d done. He carried every mistake like a chain, and said … Read More
Staring Back At Me
“What do you see when you look in the mirror? What kind of person is staring back at you?” “When I stare at my reflection, I see a man that had lost everyone and everything he cared for in a … Read More
Green Mile
“Lemme tell you a lil something about life.” “See, life in Arcadia is like prison, ain’t it? Not just prison, this shit is mother fuckin’ death row.” “Life begins at the start of that green mile.” “Every decision you make … Read More
The Healed Scar, pt 2
You want to talk about old wounds, Tombstone? Fine. Let’s talk about them. Because you’re right about one thing — we do share one. A wound carved deep, long before Ascension, long before Red Snow, long before I ever lifted … Read More
The Old Wound, pt 1
You and I, Foley… we’re not rivals. We’re not opponents. We’re not even two men standing across from one another. We are an old wound. That’s what we’ve always been — the kind of wound that never truly closes, no … Read More
Sins of the Father
Jackson, I feel like we’ve been close enough that I can speak honestly and frankly with you. I’m never going to be the father of the year, but you know that I’ve fought passionately for Michaela. When I thought she … Read More
Playing With Fire
You’ve always had a way of drifting toward the flame, haven’t you, James? [Nero stands in his control room. His fingers brush through the soft flicker of a candle’s flame.] Even now — grown in age but not caution — … Read More