Author's Note: I am doing these from a 100 theme/prompt thingy, it's a pretty popular list, but I'm not doing them in any order... Just thought I'd share. Here's a drabble!


Long after the moon had steadied itself in the sky and not soon before the sun peaked over the edge of the horizon, two bodies lay parallel in a single room, deep in slumber yet plagued with demons.

One in the bed and another in the cupboard, their breathing was synchronized even though they couldn't hear one another. To each, the room was enveloped in a deafening silence that tore down the thin sliding wall between them. As they both fought through fitful dreams and haunting memories, that silence was simultaneously broken by a soft whimper from either side of the room.