Forfeit || CLOSED (aqua-canalis)

_{And just like the days passed by, he tried to keep it a secret from Piper but when you live with something it’s hard to keep anything a secret. Just don’t get high on your own supply she warned him when he broke the news. They needed money and they needed it bad and if it meant having to go back into business, he didn’t fucking care. He didn’t fucking care about anything at this point.}

_{But he did do one.  He fucked up. The two were nearly constantly bickering at this point, the anger and the rage was just building up inside of him every second of every day he couldn’t find his fix, when he couldn’t get it. The logical thought process of his had begun to disintegrate completely, all blame falling on Piper in his mind because to him, he didn’t have a problem. He was  f i n e .}

_{The money problems only got worse, the debt began to pile high and the man began to dip into some other fund that the couple kept. First it was skimming off of the money meant for bills, it’s fine they could declare bankruptcy and get those collectors off of their asses but the he began to take money meant for their food. Ten dollars, twenty, thirty five, fifty, a hundred dollars at a time until it was all gone. Everything was gone and he had nothing to show for it except for a couple needles, and heroin in little baggies ready for sale.}

_{His self control was gone and he fell whim to whatever it was that was running through him. Brent had done things he would have never done sober, he said he would protect her but instead he was ready to risk her if it meant another hit, another night where it doesn’t matter where he is. Where it doesn’t matter how deep of a grave he dug himself. As long as he fit in it nicely.}