-Ashes-
It was strange. I didn’t feel pain. I felt... warm. Why did I feel warm? It was almost an unfamiliar sensation. I felt myself lean into the sensation for a little while, but then suddenly, I felt something. A touch.
My first instinct was to move away, but my body felt paralyzed, and I could do nothing but let it happen. Yet, as I waited for the pain that usually followed any touch, I noticed it never came. Instead, I felt warmer. Safe.
What was this strange touch that made me feel better than I had in so long? I wanted to know, but my eyelids felt as heavy as the rest of my body.
So, I just lay there, waiting to see if I could hear anything. But as the warmth from that single touch spread through me, exhaustion took over, and the darkness enveloped me even more, pulling me in
