the space between | corpse husband

[call]

celeste wiped the tears from her cheeks and her chin quickly before answering the call, revealing a black screen on her phone.

hey

she heard gentle sniffles from the other end and frowned.

fuck...
i want to see you

i want to see you too, corp

i just... this– it fucking sucks

celeste felt fresh tears pricking at her eyes at the sound of his voice. it sounded so rough and strained, even more than usual.

i know
[...]
let's plan for christmas

really?

yes. let's fucking do it.
i want to meet you. i want to see you. i want to hang out and do stuff friends do together

yeah, stuff friends do. like cuddling and falling asleep together

i– look, i'm a very physically affectionate person, okay? i do that kind of thing with my friends
sometimes

oh... really?

yeah, haha, it's just the way i am kinda, you know?

oh, i mean–

anyway, um... what day should i fly in? i'm gonna buy the ticket right now so i'm held to this

uhhhhh... i don't– i mean, how long do you want to stay?

how long would you have me?

as long as you'll put up with me

forever. but how about... like two weeks? fly in monday the 21st, fly out monday the 4th? do you have a couch?

i– i mean i... um...

fuck i'm sorry, i don't mean to like invade your space or make you uncomfy, i can always get a hotel or–

no! no... i'm sorry, i'm just... i feel like... i'm scared, celeste

why?

it's just... what if you spend all this money and all the time to fly over here and see me and then you get here and... and you don't like what you see?

corpse... that's silly, of fucking course i'll like what i see

it's just like... i don't live in the fuckin... lap of luxury or anything... my apartment's a mess most of the time, i don't have any food, i spend so much goddamn time at the hospital... and you don't even know what i look like. what...what if you hate what i look like?

oh, bub... i don't care about any of that. it's all superficial. no one expects you to be perfect, least of all me. i care about you. i want to see you. i wanna hang out. i want to know you more. don't worry about things like that. besides, i'm fairly certain you're hot shit

he chuckled. softly, barely audibly, but definitely there. celeste wished she could just be there to hug him.

okay

okay? because i am literally about to book this flight. you cannot change your mind about this.

yes! okay. do it before i freak out again

alright. i love paypal. it's bought! departing at 7:30 in the morning on the 21st. eight hours total travel time. one hour layover in
minneapolis. i'll get in at 12:31

holy shit

my thoughts exactly

i can't wait. i'm fucking scared shitless, but i can't wait

yeah. yeah, me too
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25 days

25 days

we're staying up till the sun tonight huh?

haha, probably

i'll go get a monster

~***~

not to ruin the ✨atmosphere✨ but WOOOOOO last chapter of part one!!!!! i rly love this chapter i think its just super sweet and wholesome and im so excited this is getting real now bois :))

also part two like COMPLETELY changes the format so be ready for that (less chapters but they're much longer) andddd i'm gonna start incorporating irl in this part!! yayyyyyyy

ok im actually very excited we're finally getting into this. also if you don't like the way i wrote anything... mind your business, i'm sensitive :))

part 2 divider is up now, and with that i will be taking a short break in posting parts because i'm currently in the middle of finals at school and everything at work is going to shit but its ok. just haven't had a ton of time to write. thank u all xoxo <3

-peebs