#heartbeats -

[inuhodo]

wow!! wow im so uncomfortable with my own heartbeat beating in my ears and feeling like itll pop outta my own chest, which i know is totally illogical and verything but hey!! mfw dizzy after exercising and all i can hear and feel is my own heartbeat pounding my brain

[demiboydemiurge]

"Hear my heartbeat? Just focus on that."

Billy is still shaking, but he nods and rests his head against his mother's chest. "Okay," he manages, and swallows hard.

The sound of her heart forms a steady, soothing rhythm, and it helps ground him, helps his own heartbeat slow and his breathing even out.