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Weekly Contest #225
CW: mentions of a firearm “Don’t try to sweet talk me. I have a gun to your head,” I snap. The pressure in my skull rapidly transforms from an annoying throb to a stabbing pain that matches my tachycardic heart. They say the darkest hour of the night is right before dawn. I think it’s also the quietest. I know it’s quiet because I can sense the contrast between the emptiness during my sleep and the raw screams that escaped my throat when I awoke to a figure standing next to my bed. I had gone to bed alone in my apartment tha...
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