Persistent Memories
A little story with @starrealis Lethe pub version.
Life with a plush bed and toys was much better than a life spent in an alley way waiting for something to happen.
He could hear Lethe getting up in the next room but he wanted to stay in bed longer. Ducking under the covers to avoid the light that was to be flipped on in his room he grinned thinking that he could trick the man he called dad.
He waited with a grin his tail unknowingly giving away his position as it flicked side to side under the blankets. How long had it been since he had hidden like this?
He tried to think as he waited for Lethe to come into his room. He could hear the water turn on in the other room for the fresher, only a matter of time he thought.
Something in the house fell unexpectedly, with a loud bang and crash, suddenly the comfort of the blankets was different. The smells different, the feel of the sheets and the clothes he wore different.
Sylvren froze under the sheets, blood he could smell blood. It flooded his senses and the sound of water being used in the fresher was drowned out by the thumping of his own heart as he could hear shouting and screams from through out the house.
Fear gripped at him as he heard the door to his room open up, the hush whispers of siblings going quiet as they could sense someone stalking into their room.
Lethe had rushed from the fresher pulling out one of the hidden blasters that was in the bathroom. He wasn’t sure what that noise was but as he did a check through the house he found that a shelf had fallen shattering everything on it and under it. Double checking the doors and windows he lowered his blaster and went to check on Sylvren who he assumed was still in his room.
Sure enough there was vaguely Sylvren shape object under the blankets but as he called out he found the boy unresponsive. A worried frown crossed his face as he went up to the bed and went to check on the boy. Pulling up the sheets though he did not expect to find the boy on the verge of crying looking past him.
“Sylvren, no, its alright.”