He shifted under the rubble, as much as manageable, anything to keep from letting him go so easily. Somewhere between the adrenalin finally wearing off and the stabbing pain radiating from his foot upwards and all over, he realized he lost. His hand trembled and struggled to pull him down but eventually he stopped, opting to limply hang on for just a few seconds longer. His hand was leaving a bloody print around his ankle; he couldn't tell who's it belonged to, and ultimately that didn't even matter. It was all the same.
"You can't keep doing this forever." He repeated.
For an addled moment, he thought he almost said 'we', and realized that wouldn't have been entirely inaccurate either. This would stop the day one of them died.
He let go. That day just wasn't going to be today.
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blood took his boot offHe shifted under the rubble, as much as manageable, anything to keep from letting him go so easily. Somewhere between the adrenalin finally wearing off and the stabbing pain radiating from his foot upwards and all over, he realized he lost. His hand trembled and struggled to pull him down but eventually he stopped, opting to limply hang on for just a few seconds longer. His hand was leaving a bloody print around his ankle; he couldn't tell who's it belonged to, and ultimately that didn't even matter. It was all the same.
"You can't keep doing this forever." He repeated.
For an addled moment, he thought he almost said 'we', and realized that wouldn't have been entirely inaccurate either. This would stop the day one of them died.
He let go. That day just wasn't going to be today.