Keegan’s eyes fluttered open, and everything around him was white. He inhaled sharply, suddenly alert and confused as to where he was. A soft groan escaped his lips, and he heard someone exhale a large breath.
“Kee?” a voice asked, and seconds later a face was hovering over him. Dane had tears in his eyes and his mouth was a straight, serious line.
“Dane? What are you doing here? I don’t understand.” Keegan asked, genuinely confused. A boom of thunder echoed outside and Keegan flinched into himself, twisting his hands in the sheet that covered him.
“Keegan, Tommy called me after he found you in
The pain wasn't receding, and the most ridiculous thought came to her mind. A thought she swore to never have again.
She'd sworn to herself after her mother's death that she would try her hardest to forget the life they'd had together, that she wouldn't go back to her old ways, and she would forget everything. But the pain was so excruciating that she couldn't help it. She stood slowly, her arm clutched to her chest, and walked to her room silently. The door creaked shut behind her, and she sat on her bed, reaching her good hand underneath her pillow.
Her fingers felt the cool metal, pulling out a small cylindrical item from
A man stood by the window holding the transparent white curtains to the side with a hand, gazing out into the rain. A woman sat by the enormous fire, knitting a woolen scarf, the needles clinking together elegantly as her hands busily worked. The sounds of cars passing by sporadically interrupted the whistle from the teakettle in the kitchen and the crackle of the embers in the fireplace.
William was tall and slender, had a tight face with prominent cheekbones, short brown hair, a scruffy brown beard, and always looked angry; As if something inside him made him see the world through blurred, broken lens. Every loud word he spoke was
Keegan’s eyes fluttered open, and everything around him was white. He inhaled sharply, suddenly alert and confused as to where he was. A soft groan escaped his lips, and he heard someone exhale a large breath.
“Kee?” a voice asked, and seconds later a face was hovering over him. Dane had tears in his eyes and his mouth was a straight, serious line.
“Dane? What are you doing here? I don’t understand.” Keegan asked, genuinely confused. A boom of thunder echoed outside and Keegan flinched into himself, twisting his hands in the sheet that covered him.
“Keegan, Tommy called me after he found you in
The pain wasn't receding, and the most ridiculous thought came to her mind. A thought she swore to never have again.
She'd sworn to herself after her mother's death that she would try her hardest to forget the life they'd had together, that she wouldn't go back to her old ways, and she would forget everything. But the pain was so excruciating that she couldn't help it. She stood slowly, her arm clutched to her chest, and walked to her room silently. The door creaked shut behind her, and she sat on her bed, reaching her good hand underneath her pillow.
Her fingers felt the cool metal, pulling out a small cylindrical item from
A man stood by the window holding the transparent white curtains to the side with a hand, gazing out into the rain. A woman sat by the enormous fire, knitting a woolen scarf, the needles clinking together elegantly as her hands busily worked. The sounds of cars passing by sporadically interrupted the whistle from the teakettle in the kitchen and the crackle of the embers in the fireplace.
William was tall and slender, had a tight face with prominent cheekbones, short brown hair, a scruffy brown beard, and always looked angry; As if something inside him made him see the world through blurred, broken lens. Every loud word he spoke was
