July 12th, 2014 at 08:05pm
The description of the dream is so great! There's a lot of short sentences, which normally I wouldn't be a fan of, but it works for this, like Patrick is just picking up one detail at a time in the dream in quick succession. It's like any bad dream someone has where they're in a situation that they're trying to get out of but they can't and you showed that really well through Patrick's fear and the attempts he makes to push his captor's away. And then a great transition into waking and the fear is still with him. I always find when I have a bad dream I can remember it so easily and I can always still feel that fear even after I'm awake and I know that it wasn't real.
Awww Pete is so adorably worried about Patrick. I love how you showed how much Pete cares for Patrick just by being there, and Pete cleans up Patrick's vomit and makes him tea (after having to search for tea and continuing to search for tea even after Patrick said coffee was fine). I don't even know what else to say... I thought the aftermath of the dream was just sweet and cute. This was really well written and I'm glad I read this!
In short, I really dig your story. Thanks for recommending it to me!