Drabble #4 by LunaFlower

'It hurts.'

'I know baby, I know.'

'I'm going to be...'

'Sssh.' Wet cloth to a clammy brow.

'It's time.'

'I know.'

A promise kept. A promise to be fulfilled.

Curiously calm hands reach for a hidden stash, lay out the hoarded painkillers.

'I love you.'

'I love you too my darling.'

Pills crushed and forced between parched lips, swallowed with difficulty.

Fifteen minutes to complete the task.

'I feel so sleepy.'

'Just you rest now.'

'We had some good times didn't we.'

'The best.'

Eyelids flutter, close, never to reopen.

A last kiss.

'Goodnight my sweet prince.'

~finis~
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