My throat is on fire. My lungs are done.
One more time. For Y/N.
"Not... now. Come... on! Not now. Breathe!" I beg her, the cold pounding at my body as I hold her face in my hands, pushing all my air into her lungs.
It hurts so bad; I can hardly stand it. My vision begins to fade, black swimming in from the edges, slowly overtaking everything until all I see is Y/N's face surrounded by a sea of black. I have nothing left to give.
I have nothing left to- no.
I straighten, desperately pulling in one more short breath, knowing deep in my chest that it is the last breath I will ever get.
And I give it to her. I give everything I have to her, the girl that I love. She deserves that. I push every bit of air in my body into her lungs, collapsing on top of her, no idea if it was enough, hearing the sirens of the ambulance I called blare in the distance. Water trickles over my head as my hand finds hers and I finally let the darkness consume me.
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Drowning in the Distance
FanficConfined to a life of detachment from the only people on earth who understand them, the patients of Saint Evangeline's can only watch as those around them drown in themselves, in more ways than one, while they themselves drown, in a much more litera...
