No one really knew what had happened that day to make the four start their slow descent outside of themselves. None of them had any past mental issues, at least, not in the same league as this. This was different. Their very consiousness seemed to split in half as their minds were consumed by madness until one of them broke the ties.
This is the story of Mark, Sean, Matthew, and Nathan.
.̴̭͓̬̊̔ë̴͍͎́͝͠ȩ̶̻̐̽̚r̷̹͘f̸̝̺͍́ ̵̺̥͆̄͒ẹ̷̖͋̔ͅk̸̨̛͓̺̚͝o̶̯̳͛̇̇r̶̩̱͔̉̇͂b̷̠̦̓̂͘ ̴̰̣̰̊m̸̩͓͒e̷͚͚̋̈ḥ̴̞̺͛t̴̘͇͂̈́ ̵͕̜̾f̴̫̠̫͛͛o̴̢͚͍̚ ̵̛̘̥̗͊͗e̶̼̓̊n̴͚͖͈̆ö̸̖̲̣́ ̸̥̺̱͒̚l̷͉͇̑̇̈́i̸͇̪̞͂ť̶̪̥̗n̵̮̜̺͒̃u̵̳̞͝ ̶͈̈́s̶̻͔͔̓ş̴̟͚̾̉̈́e̸̡͉͋ń̸̮͚͍d̷̡̡̖́̀̚a̸̯̪͊m̶͖̦̽͘͜ ̸̫͉̺̋ÿ̸̘͎̯́̀b̷̝̈́̍̕ ̴͕̀ḑ̵̲̀̈́ē̵͚ͅm̸̰̀ȗ̶̧̺̒̂s̷̘̍n̷̘͆ő̶͙̲͜c̴̬̤̺̉̓͑ ̷̭̈́̔͘ͅe̴̝̖̍r̶̢̭̉e̷͈̯̳̋w̵̰̞͘͜ ̶̘̯̄͒̍ś̷̠̣ḑ̸̳̅͆͒n̸̞̱͆̔͠i̸̫͈̟̅m̷̟̒ ̵̯̦̅̕'̷̗͂͠ŝ̷̼̿ṭ̷͐̊̓ͅs̸̤͓͗͐͠ó̸̗̩́͗h̴̫̪͋̍̍ ̵̗͙̲́̒r̷̘͊͑i̵͚̊e̵͍͈͌͑̇ḧ̴̟̪̜t̷͚̞̠̄̚͠ ̷̹̲̀s̵̡͚̫̔̓a̷̯̥͊̒̐ ̴̲̘̐̒́s̵̛̊̕͜ṱ̸͆s̷͈͍̚͜ô̵͈͛͘ḧ̵͎́̚ ̶̠͗r̸͖͔͋̑̐i̵̤̽̅̈́e̵̟̣̩̅͘h̷̖̫̯̃̏̐t̸͘͜ ̵̡̨̛̟͝o̴̗̺̖̒͝t̴̬̮̓ ̸͓͔́ę̶̤̯͘s̷̜͖̏u̸̪̍̔ͅf̶̨̩͚́ ̸̛̺̖̄̒o̶̦͓͋͛t̵͍̗̣͒͊͝ ̴͔͉̩̔d̶̩̟̠̎͊ĕ̵̹̥m̸̧͇̄̇e̶̙̎e̶̮͒ṣ̸́́̕ ̸̫̫͚̐s̶͇̩͛̅̓l̷̫̐̅û̷͓̮̹o̷͙̥̔̊s̴̘̿ ̵̱͛y̴͔̽̑ŕ̸̗̺̻͗e̵̳͆v̴̩̟͂̌ ̴̛̩͇͔r̶̦̥̈́̒̉i̴̧̦͗e̶̢̱͐ḧ̸̝̖́̚T̷̞͒̀͑ ̶̟̘͚̀.̶̛̯͊̏t̸̛͔̖͘͜n̶̲̈̄͠ë̴͉̗͕́̓͐r̸̢̨̘̀́̕e̴̹̿͊f̴̗̘̃f̵̡͓̳̑̔̿í̶̫̳̪̃͑d̶̡̛͖ ̶̳͖̼̆s̴̻̒̉â̶͔̭̰w̸͙̯͋̓ ̸̝̠͙̄ș̷̤̝̉̈i̵̚ͅh̵̰̫̳͂̂T̴͙͊ ̵̡̛̝͗͠.̷̰͕̲̅̑͘s̵͕̘̱̃ǐ̸͓h̴̭̘̪̑t̸͎̹͆ ̸͖̙̂ͅs̶̜̏̒͂a̵̎̈̋͜ ̸̠͖̿̍e̴̙͝u̵͖̩͝g̷̰̹͌́͛a̶̢̱͇̓è̵̩̬͕͗͝l̴̛̖̝̬̂̽ ̴̰̆͗̋e̴̘͋͌̕m̸̛̗̟̂ạ̶̘͎̓͂s̸̺͂̂͝ ̸̪͑͠e̴̤͑̀h̴̲͔̽̈́͑t̶̡̼̍ ̸̛͖̍n̶̢͘͝į̵̧̦́̏̄ ̵̩͚́̓̽͜t̸͉̟̳͐o̴͇̯͑n̴̝̩̑̎ ̷̤̗̟̽̋̄t̶̛̛̗̩̊͜ȕ̴̡̧͎b̴̹͘ ̶̠͑ͅe̶̥̩͇̍̓̀r̶͉̼͒͆ơ̷̲͙̬̑f̸͕̻̓ē̷̳b̴̮͚͐͜͝ ̶̣̦̥͐̈́̉s̸̥̻̒̍ẽ̷̩̳i̵͔͇̺̾̏ḍ̵́̅͌o̷͇̎́ḇ̸͍͖͛ ̷̼̆̚͝t̷̢̛̩͗̆s̸̤̭͗͑o̷̠̹̞̍͛͗ḩ̴̮͗̀ ̷̧͔̪͊d̶͔̳̒n̵͋̓̃ͅa̴̝̐ ̷̩͖̾̊s̶̛͇̮n̸̨̄̚á̵͖̣̟̆ṁ̶͚̖̖̿̅u̵͖̣̬̽̽̆h̶̗̑̀͗ ̶̧̼̙̋ḥ̶́̈t̶̮̒͂ị̷̐̽̚ẁ̷̲̟͝͝ ̶͍̜̑̑s̸͖̐̕͝r̴̡̛̀̓e̵̤͕̰͛̋͘ẗ̶͔́͗n̴͔̈́́̓ͅù̵̞͛o̶͓͑̍c̷̪̞̘̈́̈̌n̴̩̮͈͋̍ê̷͕ ̵̨͐d̷̡̆ͅà̵̰̹̀̚h̵̻̗͑̍̕ ̵̭̬͈̉͂m̴̨̘̘̀̚e̸͓̫͋h̷̘̺͋t̸̗̜͗̈́ ̴̡͙̓͌́f̶̨̌͌͐ò̵͖ ̸̰͐̆ľ̸̹͗l̵̺̥͇̍Ḁ̸̉ ̸̞͙̰̆.̸̗͚̯͆͠s̵̙̰̀̅̾͜e̵͍̫̒v̸̢̡̹͆l̴̡̦̩̓ë̴̦̠̦̓s̵̡̢̘̑̈͗m̵̱̘̿̋͜ĕ̸̜̠̇̽h̶̢͇̒͘͠t̸͕̦̼͌͆ ̶̦̫͑͒e̶͚͗r̸̥̒̊̄a̸͍̽̀͝p̴̠̀s̸̨̘̒̂ ̸̩̯͈̏̇̽,̴̡̖̮͋m̶̝͌͠e̶͕̮̎h̴̟̓̅͝t̶̯̓ ̶̨͎̌̽̈́h̶̪͆s̷̛̝͓͓a̶̤͍̾͘é̸͇͙͎̓͠l̸̢̛͕̫̽̋ņ̶̢̠̎̎u̵̢̩̒ ̵̧̛̀̽ŷ̴̨͗̈l̶̨͈͑l̶̜̊a̷͇̻͑̌̽ṇ̷̛̼̦̅̒ȉ̶̢̞f̵̺̩́̌ ̸̝̎ò̸͍͌t̴̲̔͌͝ ̶͎͠͠ỹ̸̧̡̍͜a̵̘̣̝͊d̸̻̗͂͠ ̷̺͌̇t̷̹̬̬͐ä̸̬́h̸̞͌t̴̪̪̒̋ ̵̠͆̑͐d̵̩͆ẹ̵̥̏n̸͖̲̒ẻ̵̺̻͋͛p̵̗͖̍̽p̵̖̍á̶͈̼̪͋h̸̡͔͕͆̒̚ ̷͍̑d̷̙̰́͝ạ̵͇̼͘h̸͙̲̹́̉́ ̸̞̰̆̿t̷̠͗͆̾a̶̟̿͑h̸̭̊w̸̖̳̒̐ ̷̟͌͘w̷͔͉̑͌̇͜e̴̟̎n̶̥̈̿k̷̨͎͎̄̆͘ ̷͖͈̙͂͑y̸̥͑̉l̶̰̮̭̊͂ḽ̵̪̘̀a̸̗̤̐̈́͂e̴̢͂r̵̞͙͊̅͜͝ ̶̧̗͊̋͐é̴̫͔́n̸̢̐͂̈́o̶̬͈̰̎͗̀ ̷̫͋o̴͙̻̳̅̆͠Ņ̷̟̣̉
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Static In My Head
FanfictionMark has PTSD He can't sleep at night for fear of dreaming of THEM. Sean has depression He forces a smile cause he can't imagine what would happen if he didn't. Matthew has schizophrenia He keeps his friends close but never close enough to escape th...