[While Kel might have been searching for him… Sunny never expected a voice to call out to him. Especially not a familiar one.
The shock he felt, something like a startling through his system, was the same as it had been three days ago - the same rush that had filled him when Kel had knocked on his door after four years.
It was hope. It was despair. If Kel was here… that meant they both were…
Sunny shot his thoughts down before his head could dip beneath the surface again. He couldn’t shout, not with his vocal cords as rusty as they were from disuse, but he succeeded in raising one hand up, waving…
Before he floundered back beneath the surface. Peace for less than an instant, then the pain returned. It hurt. It hurt.
The River was slow moving, but that didn’t help when the boy hadn’t been a great swimmer to begin with. The air was knocked from him in a stream of bubbles, his limbs flailed, but… he was fine. Aside from the sharp pain in his eye… he wasn’t drowning.
A miracle. A curse.
Why do you always wait around for someone to save you?]
CW: not a great swimmer, past injury pain
The shock he felt, something like a startling through his system, was the same as it had been three days ago - the same rush that had filled him when Kel had knocked on his door after four years.
It was hope. It was despair. If Kel was here… that meant they both were…
Sunny shot his thoughts down before his head could dip beneath the surface again. He couldn’t shout, not with his vocal cords as rusty as they were from disuse, but he succeeded in raising one hand up, waving…
Before he floundered back beneath the surface. Peace for less than an instant, then the pain returned. It hurt. It hurt.
The River was slow moving, but that didn’t help when the boy hadn’t been a great swimmer to begin with. The air was knocked from him in a stream of bubbles, his limbs flailed, but… he was fine. Aside from the sharp pain in his eye… he wasn’t drowning.
A miracle.
A curse.Why do you always wait around for someone to save you?]