"You- how? I watched you die..." (oxo ~? )

Callum seemed a little on edge… Maybe? Maybe it was the chill in the wind making him cling a little tighter to his jacket. “ you know, this lighting makes pictures almost perfect, “ he paused for a second looking back at Oliver. His soft smile was only a mask behind his sinister thoughts. “ could I take a picture of how stunning you look in the light of the leaves?” he asked.

Though something caught the corner of his vision, something small, seemed to move effortlessly through the trees behind Oliver. Only a bird… Maybe? Hell, it's a world full of monsters, humans were the main overwhelming species, but after 2026 muts had started to randomly show up in births and anything could be possible when it came to the almost storybook monsters that had been produced so long ago. But he was armed and whatever it was didn't scare him one bit. What would honestly scare a murderer, other than the cops?

Callum smiled briefly, the camera snapping, and then.. seconds passed like minutes. The silent ring of a silenced gun. Only he and Oliver would hear the boy's last breath as his lungs filled with blood and soon his head with the previous century of memory.

Callum's unsteady breath filled as barely a tear shed from his eye " I'm only saving you from the wicked end of this world. the burning flames it will go to once they realize the cause of the disease. you won't be spared… " he said, acting now on an instinct he's been developing since the first kill. But it would be easier to hide being in the forest.
( a certain song to listen to during reading this part is karen1 by smaland)

Callum's head ragged as he buried the boy's body. The thoughts of humans making a genetic bomb so powerful it could wipe out monsters for good. He had heard this in one of his altered personalities. This made the murders start happening. Something clicked for him finally. He had a purpose. To save his friends and the barista back at home was next. To Callum, this all seemed so real only if it had been the case. Maybe he would have been right in the end… but all this was, mass hysteria from groups on a website he was a part of. End-of-the-world planners, people with high suspicions and almost crazy accusations. But Callum believed them all with no hesitation. It all seemed too accurate to be false. Before he had even realized it, Oliver was buried. Six feet under and no cops would ever see. Not even the wild animals would tell as he had killed a deer later that day and buried it about three feet above Oliver, so any hunting dogs who alerted here would only be met with the animal carcass.

(trying my best! im a stay at home wife now and greeting ready to move apartments so I should have more typing time now^^)

(go ahead and do the recarn.not much else I can do either)

(also do you have a discord so I can send you the pic I drew of Callum?)

(sent the request and im not sure either lol not read much fae stories)

Solace answered, his face stricken with what looked like grief. Then, almost magically, his face lit up with amazement. Something inside him had changed the minute he had seen Oliver.
"Ollie?" He whispered hesitating for a second before rushing to hug the other man. " where have you been your ass! You've been gone for four bloody months! And you smell musty! Have you been in someone's attic this whole time?" Solae didn't care how or when Oliver had decided to come back; all he knew was that his roommate was back, which meant that his only friend had returned to him.
A friend was a funny way to put it. He cared so deeply for Ollie but with his background, he didn't understand these feelings. He wasn't raised with the idea of a man loving one another. And his mother was so hell-bent on him finding a wife it was almost abuse.

Solace sighed softly, bringing Ollie as close as he could. He nestled his face into ollies hair, breathing in the scent of his lost friend. " don't ever do that again… " he said softly, the hitch in his voice giving away his hidden tears.i would use every dollar I've ever had do find you, he thought, holding onto ollie as long as the smaller would let him.
Though the loud thud just a few feet over brought him back to reality, he looked into the apartment and at Callum" he's home! Callum, he's back home!" He cheered, gently pulling the smaller man into the apartment. Afraid if he pulled too hard ollie would break like a china doll.

Callum almost fell off the couch when he heard his roommate talking. "Oliver! He questioned looking at the boy with a mixture of fear and curiosity. The murder replayed in his mind. The sobbing as he buried the deer on top of Oliver. His body almost shaking. " you fell. They couldn't find you? Where..how?" He was stunned in maybe the worst way, but well at hiding it by this point

Callum winced at the boy's fear, " fae? I am not sure my mother believed in them when I was younger but she's long since passed.." He mumbled," She died in her sleep dreaming of them.." He said. His mother was his first murder. Suffocation. The woman was so old the cops didn't think twice about it.

Solace seemed to notice the eye color shift when Oliver looked at Callum " let's get you into a shower.. " he mumbled. Pulling Ollie towards the shower.

Solace notice, his face flushed a little as his brain ran over an idea " i- I can shower with you if you'd like, id just have to get some pj's to change into, plus you need clothes as well. I guess its a good thing I couldn't let go of your things huh," he chuckled softly, suddenly feeling like a creep for keeping all of ollies clothes. His face flushed even worse as his brain only made the embarrassment worse. " sorry I'm a little weird.." He whispered and looked away

Solace's eyes widened, his breath catching in his throat. Hed seen Ollie's back well enough times to know that that almost star-shaped markings were not there before. " Ollie.. How did you get those scars?" He asked softly, his hand gently reaching out to touch it. He hesitated, pulling his hand back and looking away," gimmie just a minute to go get clothes for us," he said softly before leaving the room,

Callum's eyes widened and he coughed, fakely almost, "It may have been from the fall or the fae could have marked you?" He mentioned, his fingers touching it gently. Amazed how the bullet hole was almost completely gone.

Solace came back to the living room soon after "That's what I was thinking. " he said softly, handing Oliver the fluffiest clothes he could find. " these should warm you up you were extremely cold to the touch he said softly

Solace sighed, his head racing on thoughts of Callum and Oliver. What had happened that day… Would he have known what went on that day had he not gone to work? Maybe Olver wouldn't have been marked by the fae… Perhaps something would have gone differently. Solace's thoughts had started to spiral before he could even think. They were spiraling, but it was only when Callum hugged the man from behind to stop the anxiety attack from setting in.

Callum hugged the man tightly. Solace had started having these attacks ever since Ollie went missing. Callum could only blame Himself. Hed never stayed around after a murder, leaving everything including his identity behind. But Solace was his next target and hadn't even started planning the job when Oliver had come back. Now he was only praying Oliver never got his memories back. Or he would have to run from both of them…

Callum shrugged. " maybe a stickk got it when you were falling? " he asked softly

solace only became more and more skeptical. His friends story had stopped lining up but maybe it was just him..

Solace was the first to sit next to Ollie, gently pulling him into his arms. He knew Ollie liked to cuddle, especially during colder months. He sighed as he browsed the channels on TV. Looking for something to catch his eye. The news? No.. Maybe a lovesick hallmark?

Callum sat in the loveseat near the couch, letting the other two sprawl out and rest up. Ollie had to have been sore from being reborn. Or at least that's all Callum could think what would have happened. Maybe the fae did trap ollie in a time loop and revived him. " maybe it did, and the fae kept you in a loop to heal you or something? When you fell I couldn't find you, I'm wondering if you didn't fall through one of their portals that my mother talked about."