Breath in the Air

[jooles34]

Title: Breath in the Air

Character: Connor Temple

Rating: 15

Synopsis: Connor is trapped in the lab; it's getting colder and he doesn't know how much longer he can hold on.

Word count: 240

Disclaimer: I do not own Primeval or any of its characters.
Spoilers: Spoilers for Season 3

AN: Set during season 3, episode 5. This is my first Primeval fic so concrit is gratefully appreciated.

 

Connor slid down the wall, his body no longer able to support him. As he wrapped his arms around himself he felt the cold creeping into every part of his body.

It crawled through every pore, invading his senses, crippling his joints, claiming his vital organs.

Conner tried to fight the cold, stave it off. He’d fought so many things these years with the ARC. Fought for respect from the team; fought the knowledge that Abby didn’t love him, not the way he wanted; fought the pain that overwhelmed him when he had let Cutter go. Fought dinosaurs for god’s sake.

But the cold was winning.

He knew then that this was right. Connor Temple was not destined to go out in a blaze of glory, but trapped in a room alone, shivering out his last breath.

He watched the air fog each time he exhaled. Watched as it hung in the air until it was joined by the next.

He wondered which would be his last. Would he actually watch his life slip away? See his one final breath dissipate into the air in front of him?

But no. The icy fingers of the cold had got into his brain now. It made thinking difficult and urged him to sleep. Just to close his eyes, go to sleep and let the cold claim him; take him away.

And Conner started to welcome the peace that the cold was offering him.



 

 

Comments

[fififolle]

Oh no! Connor! *meep*
This was really, really good. I was spellbound :)

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I'm glad you liked it.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Eek! That's really vivid . . .

Welcome to Denial!

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you fort the comment, I'm glad you thought it was realistic.

And thank you for the welcome!

[echo-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Eek! Poor Connor!

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Eek! Lol, thank you for reading and commenting.

[fredbassett]

Oooh, very intense! I really liked this :)

Welcome to Denial. I've made you an author tag. Thanks for posting with us.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked this.

And thank you for the welcome and the tag...will work on more Primeval fics to earn it!

[madcatt82.livejournal.com]

Eeep! Scary and vivid and a fabulous fic!

(and welcome to Denial!)

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you for reading and for such an awesome comment. Thank you too for the welcome; I think I'll like it here!

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

Oh my! *flails a little* Very well written, had me spellbound to the last.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

*glomps back at you* Thank you for reading and for such a lovely comment.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

meep! Poor Connor, you have to keep fighting and hanging on! Great fic.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much.

[casy-dee.livejournal.com]

Ah! Not my Connor! I mean...um...

This was just wonderfully written...clear and piercing and dramatic.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Lol...thank you for reading and for the amazing comment.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Meep. Poor Connor, don't give up! Great fic and welcome to Denial.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it.

And thank you for the welcome!

[neferitiel.livejournal.com]

Connor! O.O
awesomely written though! *.*

[fredbassett]

nice to re-read this! You do write Connor very well :)

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

Eeep! That's a scary bit of writing. Very Connor though!

[thelibraniniquity]

That was intense! But very nicely done.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

meepmeepmeep!

(Okay, I'm here from that post on Denial, and this was a nice re-read)