The Fabric of Our Souls

I should be dead. Instead, I wake to the sterile light of a hospital room, my brother’s tears carving rivers down his face. His desperation sends me to Harlow Sanctum — a rehabilitation center whispered about for its miracles, its methods… and its ghosts. That’s where I meet him. My roommate. A man with cruel eyes, a sharper wit, and a fascination with death that almost rivals my own. We orbit each other — two fractured souls, caught between wanting to end it all and daring to feel alive again. I crave death. He craves life. But in a place built on secrets and salvation, I’m beginning to wonder if we’re healing each other…or simply trading one addiction for another.