We were too close to the stars~

LGBT sin

TW: This one-shot includes mentions of death executioning and violence, if any of these trigger you, it's best for you to leave. The information used in this is based on the truth. 

I stare at my shaking hands, eyes popped open, knowing what awaited me. 6 years of torture. 6 years of them lashing me. 6 years of watching, both me and my lover, going through immense pain.

You torture us, and now you want to murder us? Execute us? I stare at the soles of my shoes, wondering how much it would hurt to not breathe; for a second, an hour, a day, a week. I felt myself go into panic. My hands were secured to my front, cuffed up. They burnt my skin, made them itch. The elevator went slower by the second, my sweat dripped down my chin.

The two guards were standing to both my sides, standing in upright positions. Snickering at what was bound to happen. My lover having the same panicked face, standing to my front.

I think back to 6 years ago...

We had bought some ice cream, enjoying each other's presence. Laughing and joking. Subtly flirting.

Suddenly, "Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi, you are under arrest for opposing the law of homosexuality. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say, or do, will be used against you in the court."

I stare at the police officer in disbelief, wondering what I had done wrong. Had they found out I'm gay? They threw my ice cream on the ground and looked at us hardly. I stare at him as he cuffs my hands and pushes me and my lover out of the ice cream shop and into the officer's police car. They threaten their gun at me, although I was no threat.

As the elevator door opens, the blinding lights stare right back at me. Oh, how I wished I could've died right there on the spot. They push us to the outside, seeing the wooden stool were I will be hanged. It hurt me. How I was supposed to die like this.

I look down at the people, wondering why they found enjoyment in this. They were about to kill 2 people who were in love, why were they smiling? I felt the need to shout, to empty my feelings but that would only make everything worse. As I reach the wooden stool, they blindfold me and force me up there.

I shut my eyes, praying to God or whatever there is up there, to somehow save me from this miracle or make it short. I look to my right, expecting to see my lover; as if I hadn't been blindfolded.

I feel the rope around my head, pushing down. The rope was burning my skin, it felt too tight. I felt terrified. Trembling, I felt the rope tighten and lift. I was off the ground, choking. I couldn't believe how cruel they were. They killed me. How was this moral?

After minutes of torture, my eyes spot blocks of white and I pass out. I free from my torture.

...

Iran has executed two gay men who were convicted on charges of sodomy and spent six years on death row, a rights group reported.

Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, considered one of the most repressive places in the world for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

According to a report on Sunday by the Human Rights Activists News Agency, the two men were identified as Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi.

They were sentenced to death for "forced sexual intercourse between two men" and hanged in a prison in the northwestern city of Maragheh, some 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the capital, Tehran.

Later on, it was revealed the sodomy was not of force. Although, sodomy; whether consensual or not; is a crime resulting to death execution.

This is Iran. This is my homeland.