[you promise protection because it is all you can offer. what else could he want? your fingers were only made to hurt and tear and bruise. you hold violence the same way others hold hands.]

[the first time you see him without medication twisting your brain, you think "this could be a problem". you try to ignore that it already is, that is has been for a while now.]

[he vanishes into the night and with him he takes your ability to breathe, leaving a gap in the universe, a vacuum sucking the air from your lungs, and for the first time in forever, you feel fear.]

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