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[MW] Kingdom Come
Feb. 1st, 2008 04:24 pmTom doesn't usually dream.
Or at least he doesn't remember them. Or maybe he really doesn't. That has more to do with the fact that he rarely sleeps deeply -- that's a survival habit -- than with any mental unbalance.
Probably.
He's pretty sure.
He's never been big on dreams, anyway. His always seem to involve being naked on the first day of school.
Except when they're worse.
Or at least he doesn't remember them. Or maybe he really doesn't. That has more to do with the fact that he rarely sleeps deeply -- that's a survival habit -- than with any mental unbalance.
Probably.
He's pretty sure.
He's never been big on dreams, anyway. His always seem to involve being naked on the first day of school.
Except when they're worse.
Tom always thought that whole sitting-up-in-bed-gasping thing only happened in the movies.
Huddling in the bathroom with his head over the toilet, porcelain cold on his arms and tiles hard on his knees -- that's a little more familiar.
By morning -- well, maybe by afternoon -- he's dismissed it as a worse than normal nightmare, and he sets about forgetting it.
(It doesn't want to be forgotten.)
Huddling in the bathroom with his head over the toilet, porcelain cold on his arms and tiles hard on his knees -- that's a little more familiar.
By morning -- well, maybe by afternoon -- he's dismissed it as a worse than normal nightmare, and he sets about forgetting it.
(It doesn't want to be forgotten.)
