[That prospect of taking that last pull made Leo feel like a child at Christmas too. The kind of Christmas where Momma was drunk again and her abusive boyfriend was beating on him and your best friend until they couldn't stand up no more.
He took a shaky breath as the man held his head back by his hair, feeling his Adams apple bop in his throat as he gulped. He didn't want to inhale, but he had to. The sooner he did it, the sooner it would begin. The sooner it started, the sooner it could end.
He made eye contact with Arthur as he took one long last drag on the smoke, feeling sick with the fear of what was about to happen.]
no subject
Date: 2017-06-25 06:42 pm (UTC)He took a shaky breath as the man held his head back by his hair, feeling his Adams apple bop in his throat as he gulped. He didn't want to inhale, but he had to. The sooner he did it, the sooner it would begin. The sooner it started, the sooner it could end.
He made eye contact with Arthur as he took one long last drag on the smoke, feeling sick with the fear of what was about to happen.]