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[having_lost]

It's one of those situations: sink or swim, all or nothing, now or never, do or die.

He can hear Matt moving in the bedroom.  He's in the bathroom, curled up in the bottom of the shower.   The idea of standing to get him... it's appealing, but the amount of effort it would require seems just too much to even contemplate.  So he tries;

"Matt?"

It ends

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[final_letter]

[Matt's there as fast as he can get there, and stops in the doorway.]

What- shit, what's wrong?

[having_lost]

"There was a fight."

He's dressed, the water isn't running, he's just sitting here for lack of a better place.

[final_letter]

[Matt goes over and kneels by the shower, scanning intently for blood, for other signs of distress.]

Are you hurt, are you- What happened?

[having_lost]

"I'm not hurt."

He reaches out and grips Matt's wrist.