◦ pairing xu minghao x reader
◦ genre & theme action, angst, romance | supernatural au
◦ words 10k
◦ warnings profanities, some violence, very minor gore, slight suggestiveness, mentions of death
Fire. Salt. Pain. A loud bang that seems to shatter your eardrums and reverberate through your whole body. Then nothing. For the longest time there’s absolutely nothing; just a mind-bending, insanity-inducing blank darkness. But then -
the distinct smell of sulfur, the taste of dirt and sand between your teeth and on your tongue. Voices, low and foreign and nothing but background noise for the ringing in your ears. A face, blurred lines making up eyes and a nose and a mouth you’re so sure you knew once but cannot even place anymore.
An emotion, the first one you’re able to feel, to understand, familiar and eerily recognizable; fear.
A voice, louder than the rest, tones and syllables slurred and shaky, almost unintelligible:
“You’re alive. Holy fucking shit, you’re alive.”