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A/N: My muse went on vacation for a while. Somewhere nice a tropical. It took me a while to get it to come back.
Beware The Itchy Lip
It was one of his favorite things growing up. They felt sour against his tongue in a sharp sensational way. Crisp and sharp like the morning's sun on a summer's day. Before it gets to hot and melts the dew away. He would sometimes eat a whole lemon just for the fun of it. He knew his parents disapproved. Just like everything else he tried to do.
He ignored the warning signs. An itchy lip then an itchy throat. He didn't care. Why should everything he liked be taken away. Everything he cared about. Suddenly, it wasn't just lemons anymore but oranges, limes, and grapefruits too.
It didn't stop him. If he could control one thing in his life. It would be this. His lips would be puffy and swollen for days after. His stepmother noticed one day, as he lay on the floor, gasping for breathe. Lay while his throat constricted blocking his vital life source.
How could something he loved so much representing happiness and sunshine turn to something bad so quickly. Something he tried to control became so uncontrollable.
As an adult, he feared them, far more than John would ever guess. He thought it was a joke among friends. If only he knew.
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