This heart of his had suffered enough.
Written for the 2026 edition of the Three Sentence Ficathon on Dreamwidth — Prompt: Any, any, I think my heart is ready to die
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This premature death was inevitable: Zane had chosen his path, and in so doing, had chosen his coffin.
"...I'm proud of you," he scrapes out; in that airless beat, Syrus's sobs hit him full force, ugly and desperate and heart-wrenching all at once.
This heart of his had suffered enough.
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