“ i will keep every memory we shared in my heart . I won't forget you. " (From Angela @mercymc)
first time meeting | @mercymc
the somber tone and tenderness filled him with dread. panic rising up in his throat, a spark igniting within his brain that the rest of his body gave no response to. dead. numbed; burning from the inside as his body gradually began to heat up from the soft warmth still residing within his chest. her voice waving through his consciousness in a broken echo that began to terrorize him.
dead. Gabriel wasn't dead.
and yet he could do nothing but lay still. chest unmoving, heart beating without any signs of a pulse. alive, awake.. he felt awake. her presence moved, leaving him to the elements of the wind and the smell of smoke. why was she leaving? why would she forget? Gabriel tried to speak, bring her back, fingers barely moving fast enough to make any kind of noise-- come back.
no, he wasn't dead. don't leave me here. Gabriel opened his eyes, the embers floating over his body as the wind carried them around the destruction and rubble. he could feel them in his throat, his lungs, chest. skin burning but there was something resting inside him. something warm, protectively shielding his heart from the ruins and pain. Gabriel wanted to hold it in his hands, spread it throughout his body until the agony stopped. Angela's touch bringing him back but now she was gone..
inhaling sharply, teeth grinding as he demanded his muscles to move through the pain and rubble crushing him. Gabriel brought his hands up to his chest, fingers digging into the burnt remains of his clothing until he could fell skin. the warmth she left him fading out. tears falling from his eyes as he screwed them shut.
it was gone and now he was cold again.