acxnitum:

_{( careful considerations of this girl lead
to narrowed eyes, humorous gleam in
them. stiles thinks no, no, lydia, don’t
do this, please don’t do this, but the 
nogitsune is almost willing to oblige.
cold eyes made into islands by the
oceans of sleep deprivation that circle
them calculate her. the trembling of her
hands that she hides, lines of artistic
makeup that leaves pain along its tracks,
lips that quiver on the words she forms.
he is not a fool. along this path a trap does
lie, he knows how these teenagers that
inhabit beacon hills work. )}

_{“The way I see it,”}

_{( chaotic decadence rings in his voice
as he edges closer, closer until he can 
smell thick perfume and the scent of 
residual shampoo. presses closer to her
still, lieu of the lover whose body he has
control of, the one that is fading more and
more as the nogitsune leeches him dry. 
clammy hands traverse the skin of her flesh
and he chuckles at the sensory familiarity,
a puff of breath into her ear as he leans 
down, down, down. )}

_{“They’ll come for you either way. It’s what
you all do: play hero in the face of adversity.
McCall and company to the rescue. Though
you never really do much rescuing, do you?
Always too late, or never strong enough, or
smart enough, or brave enough. So yes. You
could take me to McCall.”}

_{( blunt nails dig into her skin, words a hiss
against the shell of lydia’s ear. )}

_{"Or I could wait for him here and then watch
the life drain out of his eyes when his best
friend drives a sword into his heart. Fun for
the whole family.”}

_{( and he laughs, and he laughs, and he laughs. )}

_{{ outcome. some describe it as the way things turn out,
others describe it as a consequence of one’s actions.
this is her punishment. the nogitsune in general is beacon
hill’s punishment. a dry tongue attempts to wet even
dryer lips as she plots and plans and tries to figure a way
out of this difficult situation. she sees no true way out.
she sees death. that is all she sees now. wherever she turns.
stiles’ body radiates it and it’s enough to make her want
to cower away from him in fear. }}

_{{ the approach of the nogitsune makes her breathing rate
pick up and the hands that she has behind her back clench.
he is stalking towards her, he is also plotting and planning.
can she be more clever than this fox of darkness? lydia doubts
it, even if she does know objectively that she is the smartest
person in beacon hills. a sharp intake of breath occurs as
his hands settle on her flesh and they are harder, damaging
in a way that stiles’ are not. }}

_{{ she knows that stiles touches her like he can’t believe that he
is that lucky and she knows that the touch of the thing possessing
him will keep her screaming in nightmares for month. her fingers tremble
as she unfolds her hands from behind her back and attempts to keep
as still as possible as he speaks, not even giving him the satisfaction of
a wince when his blunt nails dig into her flesh. in her mind, her skin has
already turned from porcelain to ivory and finally to s t e e l. but in real
life, it is not possible to become steel and so she is just as soft as
everyone says she is. }}

_{” What if I told you that they weren’t coming for
me? I’m Lydia Martin. The crazy one, the useless
one. I can still get you what you want though. I
can get you anything you want. “}

_{{ if false tales won’t work, lydia knows that she has
to switch. she can’t think– the nogitsune’s laughter
clouding her mind and her judgement skills. she can
play games, she is good at them. she isn’t as good as
stiles but she can work with what she has. like she said
to the nogitsune, she’s lydia martin.}}

_{”Or we can play a game. You like those right? If I win,
you give him back and you leave us alone. If I lose,
I will deliver everyone to you and then stab myself.
You want chaos? That would give you what you want. “}

_{{ she hoped that it wouldn’t get to that. }} 

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