“Lavender Remains” final chapter

💜  You can find this story on my AO3 as well, and here’s the first chapter on my Tumblr in case you’ve missed it. All chapters have the tag #lavender remains. 💜 

Chapter 14: “Only Lavender Remains”

A dim light was flickering vaguely, James noticed, as he found himself staring at the back of his closed eyelids. Confusion immediately hit him. Where was he? Unsure of where he was or if he was even alive spawned a sensation of growing panic and his eyes shot open. Or so he thought. Because as soon as he had opened them, they had closed again just as quickly. Too quickly for him to visually register anything. Somewhere he thought he could hear an odd, beeping sound and as he fought to open his eyes the rhythm of the sound grew faster by the second. Where was Michael? Feeling himself shudder slightly he thought he saw the blonde woman's face, white and red and hovering above him like a blurry and furious demon. His throat hurt and he was unsure if he was breathing. He tried to open his eyes again but it felt like lead weights had been placed on them and his attempts to open them only turned into small blinks. While he fought to open his eyes properly the beeping sound had picked up speed and had almost turned into one long, high pitched tone. Suddenly something touched his arm and James flinched.

"Easy, James, it's alright. You're safe," a voice said and something that felt like a hand was caressing his lower arm. Again James gathered all of his willpower and tried to pry his eyes open - this time he managed to do so and light stung him instantly through the tiny crack between his eyelids.