CW: depiction of claustrophobia, panic attack and disassociation. also eye contact.
Suffocating
Part 1 of 2 (next part will be close to the weekend)
Realized that I haven't posted much angst so here~
His claustrophobia sucks so much bc if he gets stuck in anything he will panic - and understandably so. OH and did you know that the SPECIFIC phobia for being bound, restrained and or tied up is called Merinthophobia? Just found out while typing this. Sticking with claustrophobia for my nari.
If it wasn't obvious, you know how a cat's nails can get stuck in fabric and other stuff? His claws got stuck in the blanket while he was panicking.
ID above and below as always~ :D
[Image Description: A 12 page sketchy comic in grayscale. Image 1: It is a far shot showing a dark bedroom. The moonlight shines on it and shows Narinder shaking in his bed, quietly panting. Image 2: A close up of Narinder in in his bed, his arm is tucked underneath his pillow and the covers close to his shoulder. Narinder's breath quickens in his sleep, tears flowing down his muzzle and dampening the pillow beneath him. Image 3: Narinder's nightmare is shown with a vignette resembling an open eye. He is shown as the one who waits, bound to his chains. Narinder struggles as he tries to pull away from the chains. Behind him, chains rise and begin to circle around him. Image 4: A close shot of Narinder's face in his bed. Showing his fearful and pained face. His panting quickens and becomes more prominent as he sinks more into the covers. Image 5: In his nightmare, his skeleton hand is shown reaching up, trying to shield himself from the chains circling and approaching them. Image 6: Narinder's hand reaches up from his blanket, but his claws snag onto the fabric and rips it slightly. His breaths become hard and shaky, fully going into a panic attack. Image 7: Narinder's nightmare worsens as chains wrap around his entire body, holding him down. Image 8: He wrestles with the blanket while his claws snag more with every move. The blanket starting to get tangled around his body. He shakes as he begins to scream, fighting to get out of the nightmare. Image 9: Narinder falls off of the bed, landing on the floor with a loud thud, still stuck in the blanket. Image 10: The blanket now one with his body and claws, almost suffocating him. He wails and sobs as he desperately tries to break free. But the cries slowly start to quiet down. Image 11: Narinder's body flops to the side. He lays there still trapped in the blanket. Image 12: Narinder's eye is the only thing shown through the twisted fabric of the blanket. Tears well up in his eye, drawn to be cloudy. Narinder's face holds no expression as he disassociates. END ID.]
Hi, I'm your fan from Russia. Sadly my english is kinda poor, so it's really hard for me to read trod in original that's why I wrote a script that translate whole book to russian via gpt-5.2 (i hope you're ok with it and really sorry if you're not but the story really catches me soo hard and i want to dive right in without dictionary). So if there's any russian fans like me dm me and I'll send you translation and also l can share script if you want to translate it to your native language
Genuinely, it's actions like these that make me want to stop uploading my works online.
I do not allow AI usage with my work. I am staunchly against AI. A translation could have been made with a human writing that would have been not only more accurate to the text, but also respecting my wishes. I will be blocking you for this, and will be blocking/removing anyone who is okay with this
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