Thread: Though They Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death (Quix & Aurelia)

Banned from the Internet, possessing a phone, dating, television, extracurricular activities outside the home or Church, only allowed to read books or view movies approved by his parents, and attending a Private Christian School where sex education comprised of If you do it, you'll get pregnant or catch a disease, Adam's view of what constituted normal behaviour had been distorted at a very early age. His first experience of sex being when a Priest had shoved his penis into Adam's mouth, followed thereafter by the abuse perpetrated by his Father's police colleagues, Eve's and his comfort of each other had transformed into something unexpectedly magical after he'd turned seventeen. It had occurred naturally. Arms around each other, sobbing on their sibling's shoulder and whispering in case their parents heard, it turned into a kiss. Her soft lips on his, and her bodies rocking against each other, with her hair brushing his face. A kiss had been all, the first time anyway, but eventually the touches and explorations had escalated, Although he'd attempted to stave off temptation, Adam couldn't help but dream about how soft and good she felt, and how intoxicating was her sweet scent. Unlike the men who'd be rough and mock the boy with beer-stained breath after they'd received their pleasure. So what if lusting after your own flesh was a sin, what was one more on top of all the others that according to David had already reserved his place in Hell. Having overheard another boy at school talking about condoms, how could he, with the safety they provided, resist the urge to take full solace in the one shining beacon of light in his otherwise dark, lonely existence. Adam, for his own sanity, had needed to be as close to Eve as it was possible to be, and that closeness had only grown in the years since their escape, amidst trying to build a normal life together. One he thought they were on the road to until God's reappearance on the television screen brought reality crashing back in upon the both of them. They'd never be free until God was dead. A compliment from his sister making his heart swell in his chest, as they always did, he enjoyed the sensations of her hips moving on top of him, and met her reciprocal kisses with even more of his own. The plan having escaped his mouth, there was no taking the words back now, though he half wished he'd never mentioned the possibilities. It was impossible, wasn't it, the wanderings of a crazy mind? At least that's what his subconscious had begun to tell him before Eve reacted as if the idea had come from Einstein himself and her enthusiasm reignited his. A life without fear, without worry, where he and Eve would not need to constantly watch their backs, or the sky above for lightning bolts, and just be themselves, whatever that was, until death took them naturally. And, who knew, if God died, maybe did also the concept of Hell? It wouldn't hurt to try, and Adam's resolve hardened. Act now, regardless of consequence, or forever hold his peace and regret what could have been. They're not invincible, I remember that time God was so angry when one of his minions was shot, and died in the Hospital. And if they're not, maybe God isn't either? The multitude of conflicting strands of thought making him fidgety, Adam reluctantly placed his hands on her waist, and rolled out from under Eve. Taking no shame in his nakedness, or the hard-on that Eve's touches and gyrations had elicited, he kicked off the sheets and reached for a pair of boxers on the floor. Slipping into them when he stood, he ran a hand through his mussed sandy-blonde bed hair, having run her list through his head. We have our savings. It'll mean we have to wait for that place of our own, but damn, if we kill Him, we can live wherever we want, and we'd have to buy a car. Then uncertainty once again entered his tone and demeanour as he stared down at his sister. But, what about Jerry and Betty? They've been so good to us since we moved here, like the parents we never had, and I don't know if they can do without me at the store. Adam wiped a tear from the corner of his eye as he imagined letting down the elderly couple who'd offered him a job and allowed him and Evie to live in their trailer rent free. Plus, we've never killed anyone before.