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Literature

Can't Get Through

They lie in bed side by side, and don't touch, each finally rolling over so they're back to back, nearly touching, both curled around a pillow in lieu of each other. Roxas sleeps easily, her back pale in the dim light, her hair grey and her cheeks sallow, but her breath slow and even. Axel doesn't sleep much anymore, the ever-present circles on her face draining her of every inch of colour, but there's nothing she can do about it. To have the physical closeness of her lover with none of the support is a torture, and she can't get past that. She sleeps facing the wall, which means she always wakes from fitful dreams with her nose pressed i