Josh wakes up exhausted. Tyler hasn't come, and Josh feels more and more of the empty-white and blacker-than-black in him.
Tyler is gone. Tyler is gone.
Josh remembers the last time he was here. He had the same thoughts, the same feelings.
Josh picks up the lighter like before. He flicks it on like before. He brings it closer to his arm like before.
"Don't hurt yourself."
Josh looks up, but Tyler isn't there.
"Promise me you won't kill yourself."
Josh doesn't have anything left to live for, and here an imaginary Tyler is reminding him of a promise he made to... no one. The promise doesn't have any kind of hold on him, yet Josh can't bring himself to touch the fire to his skin. He kneels there in the forest with the lighter on until the fuel runs out. Josh clutches the lighter in his hand, then stands. He tucks it into his pocket and turns his back on the treehouse tree.
"I love you."
A tear slowly falls out of Josh's eye and lands on his shirt. "I love you too, Tyler," he tells the trees. Then he walks slowly back to his house.
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We All Scream
Fanfictionsequel to Stay in Place (Sing a Chorus). the Forest fic. i'm not the original author by the way. this is a fanfiction of a fanfiction. trigger warning: self-harm, suicide, depression, child abuse, death _________________________________________ Josh...
