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Title- Tick Tock
Pairings- n/a
Ratings- PG
Warnings- n/a
Word Count- 100
A beautiful hotel, closing up for the wintertide. A perfect opportunity.
Tick. Tock.
A blank page, cursor keeping beat with the timepiece.
Tick. Tock.
White through the window. Snow for miles. No way to leave, nowhere to go.
Tick. Tock.
A dream - running, but going nowhere. Lost.
Tick. Tock.
Trapped. No words – from mouth or mind. Only silence.
Tick. Tock.
“Isaac …” a whisper from the corner.
Tick. Tock.
A teasing laugh from the shadows. Confusion.
Tick. Tock.
“Alone,” a murmured reminder.
Tick. Tock.
Blood. Everywhere yet nowhere. Insanity.
Tick. Tock.
Opening season. A babbling man. Consumed by madness.