when the world wakes (a separate peace, finny/gene, pg)
when the world wakes | finny/gene | pg | 198 words
it all kind-of goes over his head at first, hears the
snap. snap. snap. thud. crack. scream.
in his dreams, gene runs, whispering sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, i’m sorry.
(it all kind-of goes over his head at first, hears the
snap. snap. snap. thud. crack. scream.
all he can do is cling to the tree, jump after long last. after a breath that he holds for too long, so his lungs feel like they’re going to burst straight out of his ribcage.)
and in these dreams he has been having, finny is yelling.
“fuck, gene. fuck it all. i just can’t believe. you--”
“i--”
“have you seen it?” finny huffs after a pregnant pause, full of land mines exploding and shells hitting the ground and taking friends and family with it. “my leg?”
“i know. shattered.” they haven’t even made it to the war yet.
“fuck.”
“i know. shattered”
shattered, shattered, shattered. and gene wakes up, and needs another story, something else to confess, sleeves stained with red with whatever truth there ever was.
something less gruesome. something less painful. something simpler. before he gives all these secrets away. and it’s a wonder they have gotten this far. finny is breathing so softly, almost inaudible. drumbeats, ready to go when the world wakes with him.
i still like this no caps thing.
a separate peace, because i'm reading peace breaks out by john knowles.
finny and gene captured me when i read a separate peace in 7th grade, i feel like i need to reread. ahha.
it all kind-of goes over his head at first, hears the
snap. snap. snap. thud. crack. scream.
in his dreams, gene runs, whispering sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, i’m sorry.
(it all kind-of goes over his head at first, hears the
snap. snap. snap. thud. crack. scream.
all he can do is cling to the tree, jump after long last. after a breath that he holds for too long, so his lungs feel like they’re going to burst straight out of his ribcage.)
and in these dreams he has been having, finny is yelling.
“fuck, gene. fuck it all. i just can’t believe. you--”
“i--”
“have you seen it?” finny huffs after a pregnant pause, full of land mines exploding and shells hitting the ground and taking friends and family with it. “my leg?”
“i know. shattered.” they haven’t even made it to the war yet.
“fuck.”
“i know. shattered”
shattered, shattered, shattered. and gene wakes up, and needs another story, something else to confess, sleeves stained with red with whatever truth there ever was.
something less gruesome. something less painful. something simpler. before he gives all these secrets away. and it’s a wonder they have gotten this far. finny is breathing so softly, almost inaudible. drumbeats, ready to go when the world wakes with him.
i still like this no caps thing.
a separate peace, because i'm reading peace breaks out by john knowles.
finny and gene captured me when i read a separate peace in 7th grade, i feel like i need to reread. ahha.