::Never Quite Alone::

Okay, so before I even go on to explain this thing, let me first say that this is quite strange and a little personal, so please don't judge me too hard here;

I had to take the bus yesterday. Twice. Two really long journeys, both of which lasting like an hour? And I don't like taking the bus anyway, especially alone. So there I am, nervous as hell. It's the first time in a few weeks I've done this and my anxiety is fucking with me like nobody's business. But I have my phone with me, and I'm trialling spotify premium free. I have one playlist downloaded; the one full of my (and a couple of others) OC themes.

So I'm sat/standing there (for part of the first journey I had to stand) and trying not to shake, control my breathing. And I have this playlist going. So I start picturing where each OC in turn would be and what they would be doing as their theme plays. Tobey is completely a guy who'd stand so someone else could take his seat, probably delivering his daughter's bag to her which she's forgotten; Roxanna has music she's listening to herself and is staring out of the window, probably agreed to meet up with Max somewhere; Cris trying not to fall asleep. He can't help it, he just does when he's stuck on public transport for too long. Etcetera, etcetera.

Obviously, I know these guys aren't there; they aren't real. But they were sure as hell comforting yesterday. I never even pictured myself talking to them or anything; the closest I got was a hair ruffle when I was really nervous.

So... yeah. I'm sorry if this seems like a strange or weird thing to do, I just found it comforting. And so I decided to draw them on the bus, as I pictured them.

More on the playlist in question here; fav.me/d8mv95z

Cris, Tobey and Roxanna ((c)) myself