wet leaves plastered to her windshield like .. ... well, like wet leaves plastered to her windshield. kids are off, ted’s dead to the world in his recliner, so she sits in a worn—out jumper behind the steering wheel ﹠. pretends this little pocket of solitude goes on.

⠀⠀⠀ ┈────ˎˊ˗ wine.

careful—laid lattice crust with a cinnamon - apple filling ⠀ ⠀ ┄┈┈ freely steaming on the countertop for any ﹠. all to enjoy.

perusing down grocery aisles, wasting time in exchange for peace.

rain’s coming down less in sheets and more in hampers ┄┈┈ smothered out all color in the sky. she lights a few candles, tugs out ancient wool blankets from the linen closet and wraps the kids up ; obligatory movie night in the weather’s wake.

┄┈┈ he’ll find a pair carefully—laid across his pillowcase one of these nights ; a new—ish endeavor she’s taken up in her spare time, something of a pride!

the trees are red and she keeps losing sleep to these pounding headaches that bloom up ‘round 7P.M. every night.

𝑻𝑬𝑫 . . !

the eleventh month barreled down fast and unforgivingly, distinct taste of tart cranberry trial - pie and evening coffee polluting her kitchen tiles. now december’s skies forebode frenzy and she’s in bed ₁.₅ hours earlier than usual; tight chest, pounding head.

thousand—year—nap ; the sky’s already gone dark ﹠. the house, silent save for the low grumble of one of ted’s insufferable b—list game shows. she can’t remember if she made dinner or not ..

𝘔𝘈𝘕𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘚 ， 𝙢𝙞𝙠𝙚 ! !

wha——— * 𝒉𝒆𝒚 ! there’s nothing wrong with my casseroles !

—————- air’s got that tell-tale tinge of burnt wood ﹠. the house is empty as ever. even holly’s gone off to school now. just karen and her coffee. hm.

hawkins has already got that winter bite .ᐟ she’s stringing up christmas lights along the bannister while ted loudly complains that they only JUST had thanksgiving.

a small interlude between spring - cleaning ﹠. other domestic humdrum. a breeze carries in from the open kitchen window ， sweeps out the stagnant winter air.

╱ ventured onto thee ol’ t*mblr to see if any new karen content dropped … promptly left due to the disturbing amount of karen hate 😭🥴

╱ uhhhhh from what i’ve seen so far, the resounding consensus is that karen is barely present… is this true bc i’ll *** ** *** ***** ***

╱ hearing that vol. 2 is no different i’m gonna fucking **** *** ****** ******** *** **** ****** ****

╱ if anyone’s around 4 years later - finished my bachelor’s, took the lsat, achieved numerous milf hook-ups, currently living with my gf and dating an ivy league professor milf, moving to the city in a few months … life is good. salutations.