bad religion + open, captured jacob

[jacob w.c.]

He coudn't even bring himself to look at the woman now that his body was bare, exposed to the air and to the eyes he'd hid it from for so long. The action of pulling them off had been painful and exhausting, as though he'd removed a layer of his own skin. He glanced up only for a moment, when she responded to his plea with only cruel words and laughter. His chest was heaving now, as though his lungs couldn't keep up with the panic building within him. "N-No, 'm not that interesting..." he mumbled the words, his ears pressed against his head as he began to back away, feeling his back hit the wall behind him before he stopped. His legs trembled horribly now and he looked as though he'd collapse at any moment.

Then he saw the fire. He noticed it immediately and his eyes were fixed on the tiny flames. His legs finally gave out and he sank to the ground, tears rolling down his cheeks and his quick breaths turning to hyperventilation. He began to try to push himself up, intending to try and jump over the flames or find a way around them. But then it was too late. They roared around him and a sob immediately broke from him. He could feel the heat, smell the smoke, see the flames. His mind began to shift the scene on it's own. Jacob had hallucinations on occasion. He'd learned how to control them but there was no control in a place like this. He could hear his Pa screaming. He knew it wasn't real. He told himself it wasn't real but he couldn't hold onto that. He was just a little boy, back in his house in the middle of a fire again. The flames licked around him, threatening to devour him.

Then he heard her words. That was enough to snap him from the hallucination, thought the flames remained. Through his sobs, he tried to force a reply, "If I tell ya' what 'appened, will ya' lemme go?" he paused a moment before he added a moment later, "P-Please, I'll do anythin' but lemme out. Please make it stop." He was sobbing uncontrollably now and it seemed he was hardly even able to take in a single breath. 

★ though the scars remain and tears will never dry, i'll bless my homeland til i die ━