Let Me Fall

by Saint Chuck

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Each inhale, each exhale seemed to grow louder by the second. The sounds of the cars behind me were beginning to melt into a dull roar.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Toes curled over the edge, hands on the rail. The iciness of the metal doesn’t affect me. The cold concrete beneath my bare feet doesn’t bother me. I barely notice her come up behind me. She places a hand on my shoulder, the other in a death grip on the rail.

Her face is pained, her gaze is clouded with tears.

“You promised. You said you wouldn’t do this.”

I looked at her, pitying her naivety. “You don’t know what it’s like. This pain, this unbelievable pain. I can feel it pressing in on me from every side. And the voices. These damn voices never stop.” I gave her one last look as I released my fingers from the rail and let go.

A grin spread across my face: this is the end.

A sharp pain in my arm pulls me back into reality. Leila had grabbed my wrist, suspending me 40 feet over the water.

“Leila let go, let me fall.”

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  1. Let Me Fall

    Music-Hearted's Buddy Icon Music-Hearted

    Posted 2 months ago

    It’s heartbreaking, the seemingly endless pain. I’m intrigued, and I’d like to see this made into a series…
    LoA

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    Glad she was there! She made a great catch! yet the tone is very sad, painfully sad.

  3. Let Me Fall

    [ wall.doll ]'s Buddy Icon [ wall.doll ]

    Posted 2 months ago

    Sounds like there is an interesting back story to this.
    You weren’t by any chance inspired by the Cirque du Soleil song of the same name, were you?

  4. Let Me Fall

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    Ouch. Seems to be a suicide theme around ficlets lately, or maybe I’m just hyper-sensitive to it.

  5. Let Me Fall

    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 2 months ago

    poor guy… ((girl?!)) i’m glad she was there to catch him tho.. =)

  6. Let Me Fall

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 2 months ago

    @wall.doh
    No I’ve actually never heard that song…though now I think I want to.

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