Snippet #1656686

James came to quickly, the soft velvet of sleep dumping him cruelly back into reality. He coughed, letting the wad of blood soaked cloth fall from his mouth, and sat up. He shook himself slightly, like a dog emerging from a pool of water, and pulled himself onto his hands and knees. He had a job to do, an idea that had blossomed in his mind fueled by the burning pain that lingered between his lips, the ghost of his beloved tongue. He coughed again, blood dripping from his mouth and dribbling lazily down his chin, one eye open and the other closed. Vincent's voice was his guide. A crazed smile graced the corners of his ruined lips, pain stinging at them where V had nicked the corners of his mouth. He was going to get that other eye. Vision for speech. And eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. Revenge. It was his life, in this moment, the only thought in his head.

The chain gave James just enough leeway to reach Vincent as he scrambled as fast as he could, scooting up right next to the man. Quick as he could he reached out, aiming for the face, but instead of chin, cheek, forehead, or even eye socket, his hand met something soft. Oh so soft. Hair. James made a delighted squeak, a surprisingly loud sound, so loud it made James jump. He hadn't known he could make a sound so...loud. Thoughts of revenge long gone and eyes glazed, he tangled his fingers in the soft locks. He didn't even register the danger that he could be in, sitting next to Vincent, a man with a knife, petting the albino's head. He was in the moment. He didn't even have a concept of future anymore. Just now. No past, no future. And this was such fun, stroking the soft strands of hair. Even though it was dirty and tangled. So soft.

James was filled with an immeasurably delight. He hadn't felt something this soft in a couple hours! Such a long time ago. He had the urge to just bury his face into this glorious softness and melt. The single second he'd had his hands in Vincents hair stretched out to James, the single heartbeat becoming decades, lifetimes in James's mind. A moment of forever.