he slowly, agonizingly, drug himself against the sand, body aching with the remenants of burns and fatigue. he had lived through an unexpected explosion, and just, _just _had to make it to the ramshackle building maybe 100 yards away.

so close

yet _so_ _far._

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he let himself take a moment to fall limp against the sand, breath heavy and vision fading to black. his head lolled down into the s...