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By the time you get home, you’re at your limit. Every day you must bear this terrible pain. Sometimes it’s more than you can stand. You struggle to stay upright until the agony finally overwhelms you, and you crumple to the floor in a broken heap. You hold yourself close and let the despair pull you under. At least no one is around to see you like this.
But somehow he always knows when to come find you. You don’t hear him enter the room—you never do. You only register his presence with shock when his long arms reach down to lift your trembling body. He lifts you up and holds you cradled against his chest. His white face is bent down to look at you, invisibly staring.
I’m here. His slow deep voice is inside your head, and with it comes a pleasant tingling of sensation, a wash of static that soothes your spiraling thoughts and dulls the ache radiating through you. You put your arms around his neck and cling to him as he carries you into the dark bedroom. He slips off his black shoes and carefully settles himself on the bed, still holding you close.
Sleep with me tonight. You nod your head against his neck, feeling the coolness of his pale smooth skin and the scratchy texture of his black jacket. Every low utterance of his telepathic voice is a soothing purr radiating deep inside your head, radiating through your chaotic thoughts.
His long arms are still folded closely around you. Another long limb, a dark tentacle feeds out from behind his back. Its warm length circles your waist. A second limb snakes its way around your hips and curls possessively against your thigh. A third fits itself in with his arms to encircle your shoulders. Each long limb pulls you closer against him, increasing his hold on you.
“Don’t leave,” you whisper.
I won’t. His penetrating answer comforts you, the warmth of his ensnaring body seeps into you. With more long limbs slowly creeping around you, with his promise echoing deep in your head, you fall asleep.