Sparkling tenses, his fingers curling protectively around the cluster of roses growing out of his chest above where his heart feels like it's going to beat right out of it.
Don't leave don't leave don't leave me alone-]
I...
[Sparkling looks blearily up at the wall by his head, taking another slow, pained breath. It's in that moment that he suddenly realizes how sore his throat has gotten, and he's not sure if that's due to the thorns or something else entirely.
He fights with himself for a long moment, trying to continue to be stubborn long enough to let Spike go so he doesn't have to feel like he's assuming responsibility for anything that happens here. But...
In the end, Sparkling's fear of death that he didn't know he had until recently rears its ugly head, and the claws of panic snare him too tightly to ignore.
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Sparkling tenses, his fingers curling protectively around the cluster of roses growing out of his chest above where his heart feels like it's going to beat right out of it.
Don't leave don't leave don't leave me alone-]
I...
[Sparkling looks blearily up at the wall by his head, taking another slow, pained breath. It's in that moment that he suddenly realizes how sore his throat has gotten, and he's not sure if that's due to the thorns or something else entirely.
He fights with himself for a long moment, trying to continue to be stubborn long enough to let Spike go so he doesn't have to feel like he's assuming responsibility for anything that happens here. But...
In the end, Sparkling's fear of death that he didn't know he had until recently rears its ugly head, and the claws of panic snare him too tightly to ignore.
He takes another breath.]
...water. Please.
[The door is locked, but...]
There's...a spare key. Above the door.