He's not moving, and she can hear her stepfather's footsteps coming closer and oh god, they need to move, they need to...
He's gone. He's gone he's gone he's gone she's alone and he's coming to get her and she needs to go, but if Steve's still here--
The door bursts open, a monster in the doorway. She can see her stepfather in it, if she looks hard, but when she looks at it, all she sees is the monster, burning eyes and massive hands and hulking muscles, so huge it has to duck to make it through the door, and Olivia gasps, backing up until she hits the wall. There's a window somewhere. There's a fire escape, Steve said, and if she can just get out...
"Haven't I told you not to run from me, sweetheart?"
Olivia goes totally still, breath caught in her throat. She's better than this, she's older and she knows better and... and she's a scared little girl all over again, and even when everything in her screams to run, all she can do is stand there, wide-eyed and terrified.
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He's not moving, and she can hear her stepfather's footsteps coming closer and oh god, they need to move, they need to...
He's gone. He's gone he's gone he's gone she's alone and he's coming to get her and she needs to go, but if Steve's still here--
The door bursts open, a monster in the doorway. She can see her stepfather in it, if she looks hard, but when she looks at it, all she sees is the monster, burning eyes and massive hands and hulking muscles, so huge it has to duck to make it through the door, and Olivia gasps, backing up until she hits the wall. There's a window somewhere. There's a fire escape, Steve said, and if she can just get out...
"Haven't I told you not to run from me, sweetheart?"
Olivia goes totally still, breath caught in her throat. She's better than this, she's older and she knows better and... and she's a scared little girl all over again, and even when everything in her screams to run, all she can do is stand there, wide-eyed and terrified.