Broken by One, Desired by All
Real enough that my body thought it was dying.
Every breath scraped like glass down my throat. My ribs caved with every inhale, fighting me, mocking me. My eyes burned, my skull screamed, and my heart… gods, my heart was a fist wrapped in barbed wire, twisting, twisting, twisting.
I tried to say something… anything, but no sound came. Only more blood.
And then… Darkness swarmed.
I was left on the floor of my own mind, barely able to breathe.