[Well, that's certainly enough to stun him into silence. He stares, hand on the door. It clutches the knob too tight, if the blooming patches of red against his bandages are any indication. But it's that, or shaking itself to pieces as he tries to comprehend pretty much everything that's hitting him now.
Riley had said it earlier in the week. Christine is saying it now. And Stephen had admitted to loving him.]
Christine.
[Since the end of that second week, he'd been determined to fight back against this place. To keep others from dying. And yet -- And yet.]
Leave me tonight I've gone too far to begin all anew With someone like you
[What was this, if not a sign. One by one, those that had made him happy, that had made him feel like he was more than his damnation, had fallen. He was a blight. A curse. And it was only a matter of time until Christine met the same fate.]
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Riley had said it earlier in the week. Christine is saying it now. And Stephen had admitted to loving him.]
Christine.
[Since the end of that second week, he'd been determined to fight back against this place. To keep others from dying. And yet -- And yet.]
Leave me tonight
I've gone too far to begin all anew
With someone like you
[What was this, if not a sign. One by one, those that had made him happy, that had made him feel like he was more than his damnation, had fallen. He was a blight. A curse. And it was only a matter of time until Christine met the same fate.]