A slightly smoky luggage car shouldn't be abything to worry about. It shouldn't at all. But here Rich is, suddenly stumbling in his tracks.
Funny thing about being in a hospital for the last month. It's a pretty sterile environment. So long as one stays in their bed and doesn't look when they're getting a needle if they're squeamish, they can avoid a vast majority of triggers, to the point that some certain people who've just survived a traumatic incident might not realize they have one until it's too late.
Until Rich smells cigarette smoke, and he's not in the train car anymore, and his clothes are drenched in gasoline. He can't tell if the shocks his SQUIP is sending through his nerves hurt more than the burning, and he doesn't really care as long as it stops-
And then he's back in the luggage car, his ears ringing from music that isn't there anymore, and he's trying to breathe through ugly sobs and he just can't move.
cw panic attacks, electric shocks, fire, suicide mention
Funny thing about being in a hospital for the last month. It's a pretty sterile environment. So long as one stays in their bed and doesn't look when they're getting a needle if they're squeamish, they can avoid a vast majority of triggers, to the point that some certain people who've just survived a traumatic incident might not realize they have one until it's too late.
Until Rich smells cigarette smoke, and he's not in the train car anymore, and his clothes are drenched in gasoline. He can't tell if the shocks his SQUIP is sending through his nerves hurt more than the burning, and he doesn't really care as long as it stops-
And then he's back in the luggage car, his ears ringing from music that isn't there anymore, and he's trying to breathe through ugly sobs and he just can't move.