she wakes up in the deepest reaches of hell, bound by her wrists, without a window or a watch to guide her. she closes her eyes and screams because she is back in her nightmare, and this time, he will not let her off so easily.
and from his bedroom he listens to her cries, listens with both ears and closed eyes. he lies in bed, the guilt swelling up in his chest, eating him alive from the inside out. he listens, and as he listens, he cries.
