There's no such thing as an old slayer

[garnigal]

Prompt - Empty Room

She keeps the door closed.

They think she wants her privacy; she’s a teenager, after all. Mother reminisces about her past. Father mutters about weddings. Siblings just roll their eyes.

She lets them think what they will, and steals out into the night with nothing more than a stick and a crucifix, leaving behind an empty room.

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They keep the door closed.

They pretend nothing changed; though fear and grief fills this house. Mother cries. Father yells. Siblings sit silently, too sad to roll their eyes.

They each touch the door when they pass it, pretending the room isn’t empty.