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Submitted to Contest #326
CW: Body horror, violent fantasies It started with an itch. Mark was sitting at his desk, eyes boring into his screen, trying his best not to fall asleep as his vision swam in and out of focus. Numbers would dance wildly even against the darkness of his eyelids whenever they shuttered close to relieve the glare of the white Excel sheet. Working had become a daunting task, as of late, what with the new deal brokered recently between their accounting firm and this new up-and-coming tech company. He rarely found himself lucky enough to finish w...
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