Beautifully Written Tearjerker

Beautifully written tearjerker

nightmares

(Okay I’m out of creative titles but! By a miracle here is day 2 of @ninjago-angst-week , the prompt being “nightmares”, of course. Sorry Cole, you’re up.)

Cole is floating, his limbs loose and his head weightless. It’s a feeling he’s gotten used to, recently, of not exactly being corporeal, but this is different. He feels off, hazy, as if he’s pushed himself too far in training again, or he’s been hit one time too many in the head.

The world around him doesn’t look much better, the ground he’s standing on obscured by a fine blanket of mist. There’s mist everywhere, glimmering pale in the darkness, cold where it drifts across his skin.

Cole shivers. Then blinks. He stretches his arm out, staring at his goose-bumped skin in confusion. Carefully, he pinches the skin of his wrist with two trembling fingers. His heart skips a beat as he watches the blood in his veins color the skin red briefly, before fading back to its natural color.

Cole’s mouth drops open, and he gives a breathless laugh of disbelief. He’s human. This isn’t the translucent skin of a ghost, he’s normal again-

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