<< Ptolemaea - Ethel Cain >>
* Mature Content Warning - Child Abuse *
(AC: skip after the * if you don't wish to read this part, it won't take from the story if you do. TW, this is pretty graphic and implies SA on a child)
Earlier that morning, Kit's lips curled up into a cheerful grin as he stared into the bathroom mirror.
He held it on his face until his cheeks ached with the effort.
'1, 2, 3, 4, 5...' Kit breathed in and out slowly, in an attempt to calm the raw and empty ache that had built up inside of his chest until his hands began to tremble.
"...ah...fuck." Kit tore his eyes away from his own reflection and slowly lowered himself down onto the bathroom floor, placing his head in between his knees when his stomach lurched with nausea.
At the moment he returned to his room the night before, Kit had attempted to see around the odd black spots in his head.