Xavier POV
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I stare at the person who is walking towards me
The same person who I used to fear once.
The little boy in me is dead, as I stiffen.
But when I look around the empty room, the images of that same very small boy hidden under a table, his mouth covered by his hand to suppress his tears.
The images of him, trying to suppress his pain as his tears could only turn the monster in his front of his eyes.
My whole body feels the same pain, but I stand straight and numb like a stone
This all feels overwhelming in a way I can't explain.
This feels suffocating because every step he is taking closer to me, I feel the pain, the pain when he held me in his hands.
Because still deep inside me, the small boy is living inside me.
The suffocation, but also I feel the fear which
