Shadow of Doubt: Part 2
“That same feeling of trying to swim through deep water, to break through for air, lingered. For the first time, he wasn’t alone.
She struggled and fought as well, but the way she reacted, her panic gave the impression of limbs and body flailing everywhere. She’d drown both of them if he allowed her fear into his core. That trapped feeling held them both in. His thoughts were hers, and her terrified feelings belonged to him. Their occlusion was one, both fighting to escape, both knowing it was futile. The weight of that realization knocked them senseless. Trying unsuccessfully to focus, the spinning inside their heads too much, they knew they’d pass out again. Both dropped in defeat, back into the black oblivion.
Erebus woke seconds later, his back resting against the inner booth’s chilly glass wall. Someone had ripped the door off its hinges. It rattled against a strong breeze.
Outside was dry. The wind must have blown the rain away.
Cool flesh pressed against his arm. He could feel... it through his coat.MoreLess
She struggled and fought as well, but the way she reacted, her panic gave the impression of limbs and body flailing everywhere. She’d drown both of them if he allowed her fear into his core. That trapped feeling held them both in. His thoughts were hers, and her terrified feelings belonged to him. Their occlusion was one, both fighting to escape, both knowing it was futile. The weight of that realization knocked them senseless. Trying unsuccessfully to focus, the spinning inside their heads too much, they knew they’d pass out again. Both dropped in defeat, back into the black oblivion.
Erebus woke seconds later, his back resting against the inner booth’s chilly glass wall. Someone had ripped the door off its hinges. It rattled against a strong breeze.
Outside was dry. The wind must have blown the rain away.
Cool flesh pressed against his arm. He could feel... it through his coat.MoreLess
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