ALMOST PERFECT
he whispered into the darkness, the words, once a sacred truth, now tasting like bitter ash on his tongue.
She sighed in her sleep, a sound of perfect, unwavering contentment.
Grey did not sleep. He lay rigidly beside her, staring at the cracked ceiling, watching the faint orange light from the streetlamps paint shifting, monstrous patterns overhead. The adrenaline and alcohol had long since faded, leaving behind a cold, clear, and utterly terrifying dread that seeped into his very marrow.
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