[Oscar didn't recognize this person as anyone beyond a familiar face that he had passed by multiple times over the last couple of years-- and the undercurrent of knowing that this face was someone worth reaching out to was enough to have him visibly relaxing. Nothing was real; yet, the hand that held his was absolutely real.
Heaving a sigh, Oscar willed his eyes closed and squeezed those reassuring fingers.]
Yeah... okay.
[He breathed, focusing on the mechanics of the inhale and exhale for a moment that felt like eternity. Holding onto the other boy's hand as an anchor, he finally felt safe to just...
let go.
Perhaps it was his instinct to cling to consciousness that had caused him to get lost between spice-induced euphoria and the existential terror of those eyes that gleamed like a light within a void. Until he had found someplace safe, he couldn't take a risk and leave his body untethered and unguarded. However, like this...
He could at least allow the grasp of the vivid dreams of sleep to take him.
Thickly, he found his tongue and his words once more to utter one last thing to the other person whom he hoped to find again.]
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Heaving a sigh, Oscar willed his eyes closed and squeezed those reassuring fingers.]
Yeah... okay.
[He breathed, focusing on the mechanics of the inhale and exhale for a moment that felt like eternity. Holding onto the other boy's hand as an anchor, he finally felt safe to just...
let go.
Perhaps it was his instinct to cling to consciousness that had caused him to get lost between spice-induced euphoria and the existential terror of those eyes that gleamed like a light within a void. Until he had found someplace safe, he couldn't take a risk and leave his body untethered and unguarded. However, like this...
He could at least allow the grasp of the vivid dreams of sleep to take him.
Thickly, he found his tongue and his words once more to utter one last thing to the other person whom he hoped to find again.]
...
Thanks.