-𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠 ;; 𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙮𝙣

𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐢

"am i just gonna drown?"

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daniel laid in the bathtub, body numb, a stagnation in his breathing.

he felt as if the world was on his shoulders, weighing him down into the water.

"at least the water's warm." he quietly says, his words being distorted by the alcohol in his blood.

he then began to play in the water, a small rubber duck floating towards him.

"i used to call him a duck." he smiles.

"i'll take this ducky to space with me, we can hang out together, the three of us."

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what was thought to be his final breaths were taken, a small smile resting on his face as his body began to crash.

someone then barged into his bathroom, horrified by the sight in front of them.

a cry was heard as daniel shut down, darkness overwhelming him.

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some hours passed, as daniel was no longer in his bathtub, but awoke to the blinding lights of the hospital room.

"why the hell am i here?" he thought, trying to move but the wires connected to him hindered him from doing so.

immediately after he moved, his mother ran to his side.

"daniel? you're awake!"

"we were worried, are you alright? there was alcohol in your blood, there were also traces of xanax, you know how dangerous that is right? it could have literally killed you." keri rushed, spilling out all of the worry building up in the past hours.

"mom, that's the point. he tried to kill himself." anna said, voice cracking a little.

"right." keri says, mouth pressed into a thin line.

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the doctor then arrived about two minutes later upon hearing daniel was awake.

"so, what happened?" the doctor said.

daniel assumed he was british, he had some sort of accent.

the voice sounded familiar, but he didn't want to open his eyes to see, he was too tired.

"i wanted to go to space." daniel replied dryly.

"and why is that?" the doctor then said, hoping he could get the boy on the hospital bed to open his eyes.

"cuz there's someone up there waiting for me." he replied, hoping the doctor would stop pressing.

"could it possibly be the brunette you were here with, maybe about a month ago?" the doctor drawls on.

with that, daniel's eyes snapped open.