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by ubhls Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Other · Dark · #1643514
A man takes extreme steps to rejoin his wife
I sit with her, the gun in my hand, her body diminished, like my memory of her. I tear at the umbilical cords keeping her alive. Running footsteps echo down the hall. I squeeze off a shot, yell at them to stay away. The gun tastes of oil. I squeeze the trigger. Oblivion. With her.

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