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to numb a cough {marcellus/nori, blitz}
Sept 16, 2017 22:18:39 GMT -5
Post by xov thao 12b [Bella] on Sept 16, 2017 22:18:39 GMT -5
N O R Ihalliday
There was nothing Nori wouldn’t do for her family, within reason, as she always said. This, she believed, was within reason.
This reason happened to be same one that had kept the Hallidays up for the past few nights; Jade’s endless coughing as she’d clutched at the threadbare sheets, the bottom bunk creaking under her tossing and turning. Nothing had been able to stop it, not the tea with the honey Nana had traded a pair of socks for, not a hot soak, and it had been three days and nights. This morning, Nori was taking it into her own hands.
Her house of choice was a family that she knew could do to spare a little; Nori had heard they were relatives of a past victor. And they must have felt fairly secure, she thought, since the back door was unlocked. Her footsteps, as she slipped into their kitchen, were nearly imperceptible besides the sound of her quickened breathing. Above the counter, she began to slowly open the cupboards one by one, searching for just about any kind of medicine to numb her sister’s throat.
One dish, precariously placed, tumbled out of the third cabinet in slow motion as she opened it, crashing onto the floor. Nori froze, heart pounding in her ears.
Damn it.
There was nothing Nori wouldn’t do for her family, within reason, as she always said. This, she believed, was within reason.
This reason happened to be same one that had kept the Hallidays up for the past few nights; Jade’s endless coughing as she’d clutched at the threadbare sheets, the bottom bunk creaking under her tossing and turning. Nothing had been able to stop it, not the tea with the honey Nana had traded a pair of socks for, not a hot soak, and it had been three days and nights. This morning, Nori was taking it into her own hands.
Her house of choice was a family that she knew could do to spare a little; Nori had heard they were relatives of a past victor. And they must have felt fairly secure, she thought, since the back door was unlocked. Her footsteps, as she slipped into their kitchen, were nearly imperceptible besides the sound of her quickened breathing. Above the counter, she began to slowly open the cupboards one by one, searching for just about any kind of medicine to numb her sister’s throat.
One dish, precariously placed, tumbled out of the third cabinet in slow motion as she opened it, crashing onto the floor. Nori froze, heart pounding in her ears.
Damn it.
