OlivineSweets

The first thing he felt was the aching. Every part of his body throbbed with a dull pain, from his fingertips to his toes - it spread to even his eyelids; stubbornly refusing to open as if they had been sewn shut. His clothes were damp and there was a chill descending down his spine, yet he lacked the energy to sit up and inspect the cause of the problems. Or was he already sat up? He felt too disorientated to tell. A sharp snuffling sensation brushed against the boy’s frozen cheek, suddenly jolting him awake. He rose with a sharp gasp, cold air filling his lungs. They burned as they contracted with each gasping breath of crisp oxyge