Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
by kenopsia (indie)
His mother lets her gaze rest on the fat, warped book of crossword puzzles that she uses to hide things from his father in and goes to it. It is a large print, 8.5 by 11, and it hides a multitude of sins — a cashier’s check from her mother that she’s saving for an emergency, a prescription for xanax she hasn’t filled yet, a phone number on a gum wrapper. He opens it up to where it wants to go, the fattest bookmark in the bunch, and unfurls the trifold with shaking fingers. There is a number inside that hits him low in the gut like a fist, but if Adam Parrish knows one thing, it’s how to take a punch and stay on his feet. It is perhaps a testament to his stupid willfulness that he looks at it and thinks, sicker dogs than these have gone to hunt.
Teen 3.2k words 1 ch Complete 40 kudos
Parrish family home life · Canonical Child Abuse · But none on screen · Mostly what would have happened if Adam and his mom were a team· +3 more