Wake Me When It's Over
Whenever drowsiness crept in, she would drive the sharp tip into her own thigh without hesitation.
The agony jolted her awake instantly, cold sweat breaking across her forehead.
Her thighs were now covered in wounds identical to the ones that had once marked mine. New scars layered over old ones, a horrifying sight.
She believed that as long as she felt the pain I once endured—as long as she stayed awake—I would come back.
"Cecelia, I'm not asleep. I'm awake. I've been awake the whole time." She muttered to the empty room.
She opened the bottle of medicated oil, now half evaporated, and poured it over her festering wounds. The sting made her whole body tremble, but she smiled instead. "It wo