Prompt: "Sleep"


She blinked rapidly, shuddering, nodding her head sharply. How long had it been? Her eyes were grainy, heavy-

Panic blurred her eyes open. She tried to control a hysterical half-giggle. Too long, too long, can't keep this up forever, it's only forever, not long at aaaall-

Mismatched eyes peered imperiously into hers, a wicked smile waiting.

Her own scream snapped her awake that time. Her breaths came hard, painful. Couldn't let him catch her, no, couldn-

But she had already slipped again, seamlessly into the liquid darkness, into velvet-clad arms that wrapped around her, victorious and possessive and demanding.