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Started: 21.04.07
Finished: 25.01.16
Words: 475
NFF, Dark, TW: Torture
You try to swallow around the lump in your throat, willing yourself to stop crying. You take in a shaking breath, arms twitching against the ropes that bound you to the chair, and turn your head uselessly as his footsteps get further away, “W-why are you doing this to me?”
You hear him sigh from somewhere in front of you, and don’t need the blindfold removed to see him deflate at the question, “You still don’t understand?”
You shake your head, “O-of course I don’t… I thought things were fine. I-I thought we were happy. I don’t-” the end of your sentence cuts off into a scream as you feel a white-hot flash hit your stomach.
In the next moment, you can feel his warmth in front of you, “Oh, darling… I was happy.” His voice is soft now, and you can’t help but flinch as you feel his one hand move up to pet your hair, “But you ruined that.”
You sniff as you feel him pull away, “W-what are you talking about? I-I never-”
“I saw the job application!”
You whimper as he pulls on your hair, jerking your head backward, “You were going to leave me, weren’t you?”
“N-no. I,” you swallow thickly, and shake your head the best you can with him still holding you, “I was going to tell you.”
“But you didn’t.”
You can feel fresh tears begin to soak into your blindfold, tracing hot tracks down your face, “I was going to tell you once I heard back from them.” You lick your lips, and take in a breath as you feel his eyes study your face, “I-I didn’t want to get you excited over nothing if I didn’t end up getting it.”
“Get me excited?” His change of tone let’s you instantly know that wasn’t the right phrasing to use, “You think I’m a child? That you need to protect me?”
“No, of course not!”
The air gets punched out of your lungs in the next instant, making you see stars against the darkness.
“Enough lies!”
His warmth his back as you gasp uselessly in an attempt to get your breathing back under control. You feel his weight drop into your lap and for the first time are glad you’re tied to the chair so you don’t get knocked over under the pressure.
His one hand swipes some of the tears off your face while the other begins tracing his knife back over your skin. You can’t help but shiver as you feel the cool steel slide up your arm and across your bare chest.
He notices the shiver and let’s out a dark chuckle, “Don’t worry, darling.” You see another batch of stars as another white-hot flash of pain spreads through you – squelch ringing out over the otherwise silent room, “It’ll all be over soon.”
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